Description
This module exploits a command injection vulnerability (CVE-2020-35578) in the `/admin/monitoringplugins.php` page of Nagios XI versions prior to 5.8.0 when uploading plugins. Successful exploitation allows an authenticated admin user to achieve remote code execution as the `apache` user by uploading a malicious plugin.
Valid credentials for a Nagios XI admin user are required. This module has been successfully tested against Nagios versions XI 5.3.0 and 5.7.5, both running on CentOS 7.
Module options
To display the available options, load the module within the Metasploit console and run the commands 'show options' or 'show advanced':
msf > use exploit/linux/http/nagios/xi_plugins_filename_authenticated_rcemsf undefined(xi_plugins_filename_authenticated_rce) > show actions ...actions...msf undefined(xi_plugins_filename_authenticated_rce) > set ACTION < action-name >msf undefined(xi_plugins_filename_authenticated_rce) > show options ...show and set options...msf undefined(xi_plugins_filename_authenticated_rce) > runPrioritise with Active Threat Intelligence
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