CVE-2023-53948 | THREATINT

Description

Lilac-Reloaded for Nagios 2.0.8 contains a remote code execution vulnerability in the autodiscovery feature that allows attackers to inject arbitrary commands. Attackers can exploit the lack of input filtering in the nmap_binary parameter to execute a reverse shell by sending a crafted POST request to the autodiscovery endpoint.

PUBLISHED Reserved 2025-12-16 | Published 2025-12-19 | Updated 2025-12-19 | Assigner VulnCheck

CRITICAL: 9.3CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

CRITICAL: 9.8CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Problem types

Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')

Product status

Any version

affected

Credits

max / Zoltan Padanyi finder

References

www.exploit-db.com/exploits/51374 (ExploitDB-51374) exploit

exchange.nagios.org/...nfiguration/lilac-2dreloaded/details/ (Official Product Homepage) product

www.vulncheck.com/...remote-code-execution-via-autodiscovery (VulnCheck Advisory: Lilac-Reloaded for Nagios 2.0.8 Remote Code Execution via Autodiscovery) third-party-advisory

cve.org (CVE-2023-53948)

nvd.nist.gov (CVE-2023-53948)

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