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.
Advisories

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Fixes

Solution

Nagios addresses this vulnerability as "Fixed stored XSS related to update checking."


Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

History

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

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First Time appeared Nagios
Nagios xi
Vendors & Products Nagios
Nagios xi

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

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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

{'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: 2025-10-30T21:45:33.708Z

Reserved: 2025-10-30T16:21:07.643Z

Link: CVE-2022-50588

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cve-icon 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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Updated: 2025-10-31T10:13:08Z