CVE-2020-5791
CVE-2020-5791
Vexday Risk Score
60Attention
SSVC decision (CISA)
Attend
PoC available → attend closely
Exploit maturity
Functional exploit
Automatable exploit available (Nuclei/Metasploit).
CVSS —EPSS 78.6%KEV nãoPoC públicaNuclei —Metasploit simPatch —
Lifecycle
20 Oct 2020Metasploit module available
20 Oct 2020Published on NVD
28 Oct 2020Public PoC
Weaponization speed
7 daysto first PoC
Weaponized quickly — attackers prioritized this vulnerability. Patch urgently.
Recommendation: Plan a near-term fix — a public PoC already exists.
Improper neutralization of special elements used in an OS command in Nagios XI 5.7.3 allows a remote, authenticated admin user to execute operating system commands with the privileges of the apache user.
Affected products
n/a · Nagios XIpublic PoCs found — 3
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