Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in share/pnp/application/views/kohana_error_page.php in PNP4Nagios before 0.6.22 allows remote atta
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in share/pnp/application/views/kohana_error_page.php in PNP4Nagios before 0.6.22 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a parameter that is not properly handled in an error message.
- Published
- Jul 11, 2014
- Updated
- Jun 16, 2026
- EPSS
- 2.2% · 82th percentile
- CWE
- CWE-79
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Report tools
Action score
18
Monitor
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 17 / 40 · 4.3 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 1 / 30 · 2.2%
Affected systems
| Vendor | Product | CPE |
|---|---|---|
| pnp4nagios | pnp4nagios | cpe:2.3:a:pnp4nagios:pnp4nagios |
| op5 | monitor | cpe:2.3:a:op5:monitor |
Affected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- op5 monitor6.3.0
- pnp4nagios pnp4nagiosup to 0.6.21 inclusive
- pnp4nagios pnp4nagios0.6.0
- pnp4nagios pnp4nagios0.6.1
- pnp4nagios pnp4nagios0.6.10
- pnp4nagios pnp4nagios0.6.11
- pnp4nagios pnp4nagios0.6.12
- pnp4nagios pnp4nagios0.6.13
- pnp4nagios pnp4nagios0.6.14
- pnp4nagios pnp4nagios0.6.15
- pnp4nagios pnp4nagios0.6.16
- pnp4nagios pnp4nagios0.6.17
- pnp4nagios pnp4nagios0.6.18
- pnp4nagios pnp4nagios0.6.19
- pnp4nagios pnp4nagios0.6.2
- pnp4nagios pnp4nagios0.6.20
- pnp4nagios pnp4nagios0.6.3
- pnp4nagios pnp4nagios0.6.4
- pnp4nagios pnp4nagios0.6.5
- pnp4nagios pnp4nagios0.6.6
Same product
pnp4nagios: all recordsOther highest-scoring records for the same primary product.
- CVE-2023-38349PNP4Nagios through 81ebfc5 lacks CSRF protection in the AJAX controller.35Monitor
- CVE-2017-16834PNP4Nagios through 0.6.26 has /usr/bin/npcd and npcd.cfg owned by an unprivileged account but root code execution depends on these files, wh31Monitor
- CVE-2023-38350PNP4Nagios through 81ebfc5 has stored XSS in the AJAX controller via the basket API and filters.21Monitor
- CVE-2014-4908Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in PNP4Nagios through 0.6.22 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HT18Monitor
- CVE-2012-3457PNP4Nagios 0.6 through 0.6.16 uses world-readable permissions for process_perfdata.cfg, which allows local users to obtain the Gearman share8Monitor
Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.
No fix version is recorded for this entry. Check the references for vendor advisories.
Exploit status
No known public exploit
No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.
Research context
For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.
Timeline
From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.
No dated events beyond publication.
FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).
Patch and commit links
Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.
No commit or PR link among the references.
Credits
All researchersFinders, reporters and analysts named in the CNA record. Click a name for that researcher’s other records.
No credits in the CNA record.
Variant candidates
Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.
No nightly-computed relations.
Chain candidates
An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.
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Bug bounty scope
No known public program.
Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).
Technical details
Attack conditions
If successful
- Confidentiality
- none
- Integrity
- P · data or configuration can be modified
- Availability
- none
- Attack complexity
- M
- Confidentiality impact
- None
- Integrity impact
- P
- Availability impact
- None
Weakness class (CWE)
CWE-79 · Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
nvd-primary
Root cause
User content is inserted into the page as HTML. The browser interprets the content as code rather than data.
The bug in code
The whole CWE-79 classA representative example of this vulnerability class. Not the vendor's source code; it shows the faulty pattern and its fix.
Vulnerable
commentEl.innerHTML = comment.body;Fixed
commentEl.textContent = comment.body;Attack context
MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.
Attack patterns (CAPEC)
ATT&CK techniques
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Noroxi analysis
No Noroxi analysis for this record yet
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We use this product, ask for helpChange log
No changes recorded on tracked fields yet. Score, KEV, exploit maturity and fix status changes appear here.
References
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/68350
- docs.pnp4nagios.org/pnp-0.6/dwnld
- openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/07/11/3
- secunia.com/advisories/59535
- secunia.com/advisories/59603
- www.op5.com/blog/news/op5-monitor-6-3-1-release-notes
- bugs.op5.com/view.php?id=8761
Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.