CVE-2013-10073: nagios nagios_xi OS Command Injection

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2013-10073 is a high (CVSS 8.8) OS Command Injection vulnerability in nagios nagios_xi. EPSS estimates a 3.38% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 88.6% of scored vulnerabilities.

Timeline

1. 30-10-2025
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 17-11-2025
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Nagios XI versions prior to 2012R1.6 contain a shell command injection vulnerability in the Auto-Discovery tool. User-controlled input is passed to a shell without adequate sanitation or argument quoting, allowing an authenticated user with access to discovery functionality to execute arbitrary commands with the privileges of the application service.

• CWE-78Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')The product constructs all or part of an OS command using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended OS command when it is sent to a downstream component.