CVE-2020-36864Network attack vectorHinoki check available

Stored XSS via unescaped dashboard background color

Published Oct 30, 2025 · Updated Oct 30, 2025

Stored XSS in Nagios XI before 5.7.2 allows remote authenticated users to execute script in a victim's browser via dashboard colors. The Dashboard background-color setting accepts user-controlled input that later renders without sufficient validation or output escaping. An authenticated user must save a crafted color value and a victim must view the affected dashboard, exposing browser-context data and actions.

CVSS severity5.1
Medium
EPSS probability0.42%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
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Summary

What happened

Stored XSS in Nagios XI before 5.7.2 allows remote authenticated users to execute script in a victim's browser via dashboard colors. The Dashboard background-color setting accepts user-controlled input that later renders without sufficient validation or output escaping. An authenticated user must save a crafted color value and a victim must view the affected dashboard, exposing browser-context data and actions.

The record

CVE
CVE-2020-36864
Published
Oct 30, 2025
Updated
Oct 30, 2025
Vendor
Nagios Enterprises, LLC
Product
Nagios XI
Classifications
CWE-79, T1203
Attack vector
network
Privileges
authenticated

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. Oct 30, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. Oct 30, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

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  1. Affected versionversion=0 <5.7.2

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectornetwork
Required privilegesauthenticated

What is affected?

Nagios Enterprises, LLC · Nagios XIversion=0 <5.7.2

Published CVSS scores

5.4NIST NVDCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
5.1VulnCheckCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N

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Sep 10, 2026Sep 16, 2026
Latest reporting daySep 16, 2026
Latest daily unique IPsUnavailable
Prior 30-day averageUnavailable
SourceShadowserver honeypots (KEV)
Vectornetwork
Privilegesauthenticated
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Public exploitUnconfirmed

Weakness, pattern, technique

CWE-79Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
T1203Exploitation for Client Execution

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