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Centreon Web CVE-2025-54891

MEDIUM
Cross-site Scripting (XSS) (CWE-79)
2025-10-14 bd4443e6-1eef-43f3-9886-25fc9ceeaae7
4.8
CVSS 3.1 · NVD
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Attack ChainAIDerived

Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain

  1. Access
    Authenticate with elevated Centreon privileges
  2. Delivery
    Inject script into ACL Resource access config field
  3. Exploit
    Payload stored in configuration module
  4. Execution
    Victim operator opens the page
  5. Persist
    Script executes in victim's authenticated session
  6. Impact
    Steal session/perform actions in victim context

Vulnerability Assessment

Weakness
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A05:2025 - Injection
ASVS 5.0
V1 - Encoding and Sanitization Output encoding, context-aware escaping
MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques across 2 tactics: Initial Access, Execution

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Exploitation Conditions

Exploitation requires an authenticated account with elevated/administrative privileges in Centreon (PR:H) that can write to the ACL Resource access configuration modules - this is the exact feature where the stored payload is planted. It additionally requires a second user to subsequently open/view the affected configuration page for the stored script to execute (UI:R), so it cannot be triggered without victim interaction. Limiting factors: the attacker must already possess elevated Centreon privileges (not an unauthenticated or low-privilege vector), the payload only fires in the browser of a user who views the poisoned module, and only the specified Infra Monitoring versions below 24.10.13 / 24.04.18 / 23.10.28 are affected.

Impact

This is a genuinely medium/low-priority issue, not an inflated high-CVSS alarm. The CVSS 3.1 base score is 4.8 (medium), and every signal aligns with low real-world urgency: EPSS is 0.26% (16th percentile), it is NOT listed in CISA KEV, and no public exploit code was identified in the provided data. The CVSS vector (AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N) is the dominant limiting factor - PR:H means the attacker must already hold elevated/administrative privileges within Centreon, and UI:R means a victim must subsequently view the poisoned configuration page. This is a stored XSS exploitable only by a privileged insider (or an already-compromised privileged account) against other users, so it is a privilege-escalation/lateral-impact concern rather than a remotely-triggerable unauthenticated flaw. The scope-change (S:C) and C:L/I:L reflect that injected script executes in a victim's authenticated browser session, potentially affecting a different security context (e.g., a higher-privileged operator). No signals conflict here: low EPSS, no KEV, no POC, and a high-privilege precondition all point the same direction. Treat as routine-patch priority unless privileged account hygiene is weak.

Exploit ScenarioDerived

A user with elevated Centreon privileges injects malicious JavaScript into an ACL Resource access configuration field, which is stored and later rendered when another administrator or operator opens the affected configuration module. When that victim views the page, the script runs in their authenticated session, enabling session/token theft or actions in their security context. No public exploit code was identified, and exploitation requires both pre-existing high privileges and a victim viewing the page (UI:R).

This Month Plan within 30 days. Why: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9).
No patch listed yet 0.3% exploitation probability (EPSS)

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AnalysisAIv1 – Oct 08, 2026

Stored cross-site scripting in Centreon Web (Infra Monitoring) allows a user who already holds elevated/administrative Centreon privileges to plant a persistent script payload through the ACL Resource access configuration modules. The script then executes in the browser of any other user who subsequently opens the poisoned configuration page, which means exploitation requires both an authenticated high-privilege account (PR:H) and victim interaction (UI:R) after the payload is stored. Impact is limited to script execution in the victim's browser context (S:C, C:L/I:L/A:N), yielding a CVSS of 4.8; there is no evidence of public exploit code or confirmed active exploitation, and EPSS is low at 0.26% (16th percentile), consistent with a genuine medium/low-priority issue rather than an urgent one.

RemediationAI

Upgrade to the fixed releases: Centreon Web 24.10.13 (24.10 branch), 24.04.18 (24.04 branch), or 23.10.28 (23.10 branch); the vendor advisory at https://thewatch.centreon.com/latest-security-bulletins-64/cve-2025-54891-centreon-web-all-versions-medium-severity-5122 and release notes at https://github.com/centreon/centreon/releases document these versions, so this is a vendor-released patch rather than a standalone upstream commit. Because exploitation requires an already-elevated authenticated account, the most effective compensating control is to tightly limit who holds ACL/administrative rights in Centreon and to audit those grants; reducing the number of high-privilege accounts shrinks the injection surface, though it does not remove the flaw and can slow legitimate administration. Additional hardening includes deploying a Content-Security-Policy with nonces or strict script-src on the Centreon web interface to block inline payload execution (side effect: may break poorly written custom widgets or themes), and monitoring/restricting the ACL Resource access configuration pages to trusted networks via reverse-proxy ACLs (side effect: blocks remote administration from untrusted networks). Existing stored payloads should also be reviewed and cleaned from ACL resource configurations after patching, since the fix stops new injections but does not necessarily sanitize data already persisted. No public exploit code has been identified, and no workaround can fully substitute for upgrading.

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Technical ContextAI · show details

The root cause is CWE-79, improper neutralization of user-supplied input during web page generation, in a PHP-based web application: Centreon Web, the GUI layer of the Centreon Infra Monitoring platform (CPE cpe:2.3:a:centreon:centreon_web). Input written into the ACL Resource access configuration modules is persisted in the backend and later rendered without adequate output encoding or sanitization, producing a stored (persistent) XSS rather than a reflected one. Because the payload executes in the browser of a different user than the one who injected it, the CVSS scope flag is set to Changed (S:C) - the vulnerable component (the configuration page) affects a resource beyond its own security scope, namely the session and origin of the viewing user. The availability and confidentiality/integrity impacts are rated Low, and the vector's PR:H reflects that the write primitive sits behind an elevated-privilege account that is already permitted to modify ACL resource access definitions. A malicious or compromised administrator, or an attacker who has escalated to that role, is therefore the realistic threat actor.

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Severity by source

NVD PRIMARY 4.8 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
vuln.today AI 4.8 MEDIUM

Stored XSS requires an elevated-privilege authenticated account to inject (PR:H) and a victim to view the page (UI:R); script runs in the victim's browser context (S:C, C:L/I:L, A:N).

3.1 AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
4.0 AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:P/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N

Primary rating from NVD.

CVSS VectorNVD

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
High
User Interaction
Required
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None

DescriptionNVD

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation (XSS or 'Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Centreon Infra Monitoring (ACL Resource access configuration modules) allows Stored

XSS by users with elevated privileges.

This issue affects Infra Monitoring: from 24.10.0 before 24.10.13, from 24.04.0 before 24.04.18, from 23.10.0 before 23.10.28.

Threat Intelligence Overview

EPSS Score
0.3%
Top 84% exploitable
Prevalence
Medium
Established enterprise IT monitoring platform, common but not ubiquitous
Data Quality
4 sources
Confidence: Medium

How this decision was reached

The engine reads each signal below and applies a fixed list of rules from top to bottom. The first rule that matches sets the recommended action – like a statement, every line is shown.

SignalValue
Severity MEDIUM
CISA KEV No
Public POC No
EPSS 0.3%
Patch available No
Active threat No
Deciding rule
MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9)
What every action level means
Emergency Immediate action required. Criteria: CRITICAL + in CISA KEV (actively exploited) without patch, OR CRITICAL + EPSS > 30% without patch, OR CRITICAL + active threat signals without patch.
Act Now Prioritize within 24-48h. Criteria: in KEV with patch available, OR CRITICAL + public POC, OR HIGH + EPSS > 10%, OR CRITICAL + active threat, OR any CRITICAL severity.
This Week Schedule remediation this week. Criteria: HIGH severity (CVSS 7.0-8.9). Patch within normal change window.
This Month Plan within 30 days. Criteria: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9), lower exploitation probability. Include in regular patch cycle.
Monitor Track and reassess. Criteria: LOW severity (CVSS 0.1-3.9), minimal exploitation risk. No immediate action needed.

SSVC AssessmentENISA

SSVC Decision· derived
Scheduled
Exploitation· derived
None
System Exposure· derived
Open
Automatable· derived
No
Human Impact· derived
Medium

Priority Score

24
Low Medium High Critical
KEV: 0
EPSS: 0
CVSS: +24
PoC: 0
Weaponized: 0
Threat intel: 0
Gov advisory: 0

Attack Technique

Cross-Site Scripting occurs when an application accepts untrusted data and sends it to a web browser without proper validation or encoding.

Affected Products (CPE)NVD

cpe:2.3:a:centreon:centreon_web:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:centreon:centreon_web:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:centreon:centreon_web:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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