Vulnerability Report

CVE-2013-1362

Title: Nagios Remote Plug In Executor Improper Input Validation

Input Validation Error

Proof Of Concept

PoC Available for CVE-2013-1362

CWE Category CWE-20
Published Date Jul 09, 2013
Modified Date Jun 16, 2026
Exploit Status Available
Score 7.5 CVSS v2.0
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
65.72%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2013-1362: Incomplete blacklist vulnerability in nrpc.c in Nagios Remote Plug-In Executor (NRPE) before 2.14 might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary shell commands via "$()" shell metacharacters, which are processed by bash.

Impacted Vendors

N
nagios 1

Reference Links

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-04/msg00005.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-04/msg00006.html http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2013/Feb/119 http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/24955 http://www.occamsec.com/vulnerabilities.html#nagios_metacharacter_vulnerability https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=807241 http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-04/msg00005.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-04/msg00006.html http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2013/Feb/119 http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/24955 http://www.occamsec.com/vulnerabilities.html#nagios_metacharacter_vulnerability https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=807241
CVSS v2.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity HIGH
7.5
Access Vector
N/A
Authentication
N/A
RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2013-1362 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

Exploit-DB https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/24955
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MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A
Complexity N/A
Privileges N/A
Interaction NONE
CVSS Vector String AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.