CVE-2020-36857

Severity CVSS v4.0:

HIGH

Type:

CWE-89 SQL Injection

Publication date:

30/10/2025

Last modified:

05/11/2025

Description

Nagios XI versions prior to 5.6.14 contain a post-authentication SQL injection vulnerability in the SNMP Trap Interface page. Exploitation requires an account with administrative privileges to access the affected interface. A user with administrative access could supply crafted input that is not properly sanitized, allowing SQL injection that may lead to unauthorized disclosure or modification of application data or execution of arbitrary SQL commands against the backend database.

Impact

Vector 4.0

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N CVSS v4.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 8.60 HIGH
Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Attack Requirements (AT): None
Privileges Required (PR): High
User Interaction (UI): None
Confidentiality (VC): High
Integrity (VI): High
Availability (VA): Low
Confidentiality (SC): None
Integrity (SI): None
Availability (SA): None

Base Score 4.0

8.60

Severity 4.0

HIGH

Vector 3.x

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 7.20 HIGH
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): High
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): High
Availability (A): High