Nagios XI versions prior to 5.8.9 are vulnerable to cross-site scripting (XSS) in the update checking feature. 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.
                
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Affected Vendors & Products
Advisories
    No advisories yet.
Fixes
    Solution
Nagios addresses this vulnerability as "Fixed stored XSS related to update checking."
Workaround
No workaround given by the vendor.
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        History
                    Fri, 31 Oct 2025 10:15:00 +0000
| Type | Values Removed | Values Added | 
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| First Time appeared | Nagios Nagios xi | |
| Vendors & Products | Nagios Nagios xi | 
Thu, 30 Oct 2025 22:00:00 +0000
| Type | Values Removed | Values Added | 
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| Description | Nagios XI versions prior to 5.8.9 are vulnerable to cross-site scripting (XSS) in the update checking feature. 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 < 5.8.9 Stored XSS in Update Checking | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-79 | |
| References |  | |
| Metrics | cvssV4_0 
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 MITRE
                        MITRE
                    Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: VulnCheck
Published:
Updated: 2025-10-30T21:45:33.708Z
Reserved: 2025-10-30T16:21:07.643Z
Link: CVE-2022-50588
 Vulnrichment
                        Vulnrichment
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 NVD
                        NVD
                    Status : Received
Published: 2025-10-30T22:15:42.340
Modified: 2025-10-30T22:15:42.340
Link: CVE-2022-50588
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 OpenCVE Enrichment
                        OpenCVE Enrichment
                    Updated: 2025-10-31T10:13:08Z