Nagios XI versions prior to 5.8.0 are vulnerable to cross-site scripting (XSS) via BPI config ID handling. Insufficient validation or escaping of user-supplied input may allow an attacker to inject and execute arbitrary script in the context of a victim's browser.
Advisories

No advisories yet.

Fixes

Solution

Nagios addresses this vulnerability as "Fixed XSS security vulnerability in Nagios BPI config IDs."


Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

History

Fri, 31 Oct 2025 10:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Nagios
Nagios xi
Vendors & Products Nagios
Nagios xi

Thu, 30 Oct 2025 22:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description Nagios XI versions prior to 5.8.0 are vulnerable to cross-site scripting (XSS) via BPI config ID handling. Insufficient validation or escaping of user-supplied input may allow an attacker to inject and execute arbitrary script in the context of a victim's browser.
Title Nagios XI < 5.8.0 XSS via BPI Config ID Handling
Weaknesses CWE-79
References
Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 5.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulnCheck

Published:

Updated: 2025-10-30T21:49:49.447Z

Reserved: 2025-10-30T15:47:16.864Z

Link: CVE-2021-47696

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2025-10-30T22:15:41.090

Modified: 2025-10-30T22:15:41.090

Link: CVE-2021-47696

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2025-10-31T10:13:34Z