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CVE-2024-24401: SQL Injection vulnerability in Nagios XI 2024R1.01 allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code via a crafted payload to the monitorin

Noroxi assessment

Priority: Plan (action score 53/100)

Public proof-of-concept code exists (GitHub); there is no record of exploitation in the wild.
Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 45.8% (FIRST EPSS); higher than 98.7% of all records.
Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it. No account or password is required. No user action is required. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
According to CISA the attack is automatable: targets can be found by mass scanning.
According to the record, no fixed version is available yet.

Add it to your regular patch cycle. Update when a fix is released; follow the vendor's advisory.

Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it

Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS

SQL Injection vulnerability in Nagios XI 2024R1.01 allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code via a crafted payload to the monitoringwizard.php component.

CriticalCVSS 9.8 · v3.1—Proof of concept No fix recorded

BDU:2024-01617

Published: Feb 26, 2024
Updated: Jun 17, 2026
EPSS: 45.8% · 98th percentile
CWE: CWE-89

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Plan

Add it to your regular patch cycle.

CVSS: 39 / 40 · 9.8 / 10
CISA KEV: 0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS: 14 / 30 · 45.8%

CISA SSVC decision

Exploitation: proof of concept
Automatable: yes
Technical impact: total

Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.

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Vendor	Product	CPE
nagios	nagios xi	cpe:2.3:a:nagios:nagios_xi

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

nagios nagios xi2024

Same product

nagios: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

CVE-2019-15949Nagios XI before 5.6.6 allows remote command execution as root.KEV
88Now
CVE-2021-25298Nagios XI version xi-5.7.5 is affected by OS command injection.KEV
87Now
CVE-2021-25296Nagios XI version xi-5.7.5 is affected by OS command injection.KEV
87Now

Published before and after this one in the same product

← EarlierCVE-2023-48085Dec 14, 2023 · Nagios XI before version 5.11.3 was discovered to contain a remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability via the component command_test.php.
62This week
← EarlierCVE-2023-51072Feb 2, 2024 · A stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the NOC component of Nagios XI version up to and including 2024R1 allows low-privileged
21Monitor
Later →CVE-2024-24402Feb 26, 2024 · An issue in Nagios XI 2024R1.01 allows a remote attacker to escalate privileges via a crafted script to the /usr/local/nagios/bin/npcd compo
40Plan

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

Proof of concept available

A public proof of concept or detection signature exists. Exploit knowledge is out there; don't delay patching.

Evidence

Proof-of-concept repository on GitHub ×2

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Public exploit evidence
Source	Kind	Date
Proof-of-concept repository on GitHub	stars:35	2024-02-18
Proof-of-concept repository on GitHub	stars:0	2026-01-08

Research context

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Timeline

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First PoCFeb 18, 2024-9 d
PublishedFeb 26, 2024
TodayOct 26, 2026+973 d

EPSS, last 120 days

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

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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.

CVE-2023-4808474 days apartNagios XI before version 5.11.3 was discovered to contain a SQL injection vulnerability via the bulk modification tool.
49Plan
CVE-2022-38250537 days apartNagios XI v5.8.6 was discovered to contain a SQL injection vulnerability via the mib_name parameter at the Manage MIBs page.
40Plan
CVE-2023-40933160 days apartA SQL injection vulnerability in Nagios XI v5.11.1 and below allows authenticated attackers with announcement banner configuration privilege
36Monitor
CVE-2023-40931160 days apartA SQL injection vulnerability in Nagios XI from version 5.11.0 up to and including 5.11.1 allows authenticated attackers to execute arbitrar
30Monitor
CVE-2023-40934160 days apartA SQL injection vulnerability in Nagios XI 5.11.1 and below allows authenticated attackers with privileges to manage host escalations in the
29Monitor
CVE-2024-54960360 days apartA SQL Injection vulnerability in Nagios XI 2024R1.2.2 allows a remote attacker to execute SQL injection via a crafted payload in the History
26Monitor

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

Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
No account or password is required.
No user action is required.
No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality: high · data can be read
Integrity: high · data or configuration can be modified
Availability: high · the service can be disrupted

Attack vector: Network
Attack complexity: Low
Privileges required: None
User interaction: None
Scope: Unchanged
Confidentiality impact: High
Integrity impact: High
Availability impact: High

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-89 · Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection')

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

nvd-secondary

Root cause

The query text is built by concatenating user input. The database cannot tell where the data ends and the command begins.

The bug in code

The whole CWE-89 class

A representative example of this vulnerability class. Not the vendor's source code; it shows the faulty pattern and its fix.

Vulnerable

1const owner = req.query.owner;
2const rows = await db.query(
3  "SELECT * FROM files WHERE owner = '" + owner + "'"
4);

Fixed

1const owner = req.query.owner;
2const rows = await db.query(
3  "SELECT * FROM files WHERE owner = $1",
4  [owner]
5);

Attack context

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Attack patterns (CAPEC)

ATT&CK techniques

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Change log

No changes recorded on tracked fields yet. Score, KEV, exploit maturity and fix status changes appear here.

References

www.nagios.com/changelog/

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