CVE-2020-36858

Severity CVSS v4.0:

MEDIUM

Type:

CWE-79 Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)

Publication date:

30/10/2025

Last modified:

05/11/2025

Description

Nagios Log Server versions prior to 2.1.6 contain cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities via the web interface on the Create User, Edit User, and Manage Host Lists pages. Insufficient validation or escaping of user-supplied input may allow an attacker to inject and execute arbitrary script in the context of a victim&#39;s browser.

Impact

Vector 4.0

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 CVSS v4.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 5.10 MEDIUM
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

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

Base Score 4.0

5.10

Severity 4.0

MEDIUM

Vector 3.x

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

Base Score: 5.40 MEDIUM
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

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