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Last updated: 08 Mar 2025, 23:25 UTC
This page consolidates all known Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVEs) associated with paessler. We track both calendar-based metrics (using fixed periods) and rolling metrics (using gliding windows) to give you a comprehensive view of security trends and risk evolution. Use these insights to assess risk and plan your patching strategy.
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Total paessler CVEs: 36
Earliest CVE date: 01 Jun 2009, 19:30 UTC
Latest CVE date: 11 Feb 2025, 20:15 UTC
Latest CVE reference: CVE-2024-12833
30-day Count (Rolling): 1
365-day Count (Rolling): 1
Calendar-based Variation
Calendar-based Variation compares a fixed calendar period (e.g., this month versus the same month last year), while Rolling Growth Rate uses a continuous window (e.g., last 30 days versus the previous 30 days) to capture trends independent of calendar boundaries.
Month Variation (Calendar): 0%
Year Variation (Calendar): -85.71%
Month Growth Rate (30-day Rolling): 0.0%
Year Growth Rate (365-day Rolling): -85.71%
Average CVSS: 3.95
Max CVSS: 9.0
Critical CVEs (≥9): 4
| Range | Count |
|---|---|
| 0.0-3.9 | 15 |
| 4.0-6.9 | 16 |
| 7.0-8.9 | 2 |
| 9.0-10.0 | 4 |
These are the five CVEs with the highest CVSS scores for paessler, sorted by severity first and recency.
Paessler PRTG Network Monitor SNMP Cross-Site Scripting Authentication Bypass Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows network-adjacent attackers to bypass authentication on affected installations of Paessler PRTG Network Monitor. Some user interaction on the part of an administrator is required to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the PRTG Network Monitor web interface. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of user-supplied data, which can lead to the injection of an arbitrary script. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to bypass authentication on the system. Was ZDI-CAN-23371.
Paessler PRTG Network Monitor Cross-Site Scripting Authentication Bypass Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to bypass authentication on affected installations of Paessler PRTG Network Monitor. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file. The specific flaw exists within the web console. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of user-supplied data, which can lead to the injection of an arbitrary script. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to bypass authentication on the system. . Was ZDI-CAN-21182.
A command injection was identified in PRTG 23.2.84.1566 and earlier versions in the Dicom C-ECHO sensor where an authenticated user with write permissions could abuse the debug option to write new files that could potentially get executed by the EXE/Script sensor. The severity of this vulnerability is high and received a score of 7.2 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
A command injection vulnerability was identified in PRTG 23.2.84.1566 and earlier versions in the HL7 sensor where an authenticated user with write permissions could abuse the debug option to write new files that could potentially get executed by the EXE/Script sensor. The severity of this vulnerability is high and received a score of 7.2 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
A cross-site request forgery (CSRF) token bypass was identified in PRTG 23.2.84.1566 and earlier versions that allows remote attackers to perform actions with the permissions of a victim user, provided the victim user has an active session and is induced to trigger the malicious request. This could force PRTG to execute different actions, such as creating new users. The severity of this vulnerability is high and received a score of 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
A path traversal vulnerability was identified in the SQL v2 sensors in PRTG 23.2.84.1566 and earlier versions where an authenticated user with write permissions could trick the SQL v2 sensors into behaving differently for existing files and non-existing files. This made it possible to traverse paths, allowing the sensor to execute files outside the designated custom sensors folder. The severity of this vulnerability is medium and received a score of 4.7 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
A path traversal vulnerability was identified in the WMI Custom sensor in PRTG 23.2.84.1566 and earlier versions where an authenticated user with write permissions could trick the WMI Custom sensor into behaving differently for existing files and non-existing files. This made it possible to traverse paths, allowing the sensor to execute files outside the designated custom sensors folder. The severity of this vulnerability is medium and received a score of 4.7 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
A path traversal vulnerability was identified in the HL7 sensor in PRTG 23.2.84.1566 and earlier versions where an authenticated user with write permissions could trick the HL7 sensor into behaving differently for existing files and non-existing files. This made it possible to traverse paths, allowing the sensor to execute files outside the designated custom sensors folder. The severity of this vulnerability is medium and received a score of 4.7 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
PRTG Network Monitor through 22.2.77.2204 does not prevent custom input for a device’s icon, which can be modified to insert arbitrary content into the style tag for that device. When the device page loads, the arbitrary Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) data is inserted into the style tag, loading malicious content. Due to PRTG Network Monitor preventing “characters, and from modern browsers disabling JavaScript support in style tags, this vulnerability could not be escalated into a Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability.
PRTG Network Monitor before 21.3.69.1333 allows stored XSS via an unsanitized string imported from a User Object in a connected Active Directory instance.
PRTG Network Monitor 20.1.55.1775 allows /editsettings CSRF for user account creation.
An issue was discovered in PRTG Network Monitor before 21.1.66.1623. By invoking the screenshot functionality with prepared context paths, an attacker is able to verify the existence of certain files on the filesystem of the PRTG's Web server.
XSS exists in PRTG Network Monitor 20.1.56.1574 via crafted map properties. An attacker with Read/Write privileges can create a map, and then use the Map Designer Properties screen to insert JavaScript code. This can be exploited against any user with View Maps or Edit Maps access.
PRTG Network Monitor before 20.1.57.1745 allows remote unauthenticated attackers to obtain information about probes running or the server itself (CPU usage, memory, Windows version, and internal statistics) via an HTTP request, as demonstrated by type=probes to login.htm or index.htm.
A webserver component in Paessler PRTG Network Monitor 19.2.50 to PRTG 20.1.56 allows unauthenticated remote command execution via a crafted POST request or the what parameter of the screenshot function in the Contact Support form.
A Write to Arbitrary Location in Disk vulnerability exists in PRTG Network Monitor 19.1.49 and below that allows attackers to place files in arbitrary locations with SYSTEM privileges (although not controlling the contents of such files) due to insufficient sanitisation when passing arguments to the phantomjs.exe binary. In order to exploit the vulnerability, remote authenticated administrators need to create a new HTTP Full Web Page Sensor and set specific settings when executing the sensor.
A Remote Code Execution vulnerability exists in PRTG Network Monitor before 19.4.54.1506 that allows attackers to execute code due to insufficient sanitization when passing arguments to the HttpTransactionSensor.exe binary. In order to exploit the vulnerability, remote authenticated administrators need to create a new HTTP Transaction Sensor and set specific settings when the sensor is executed.
An issue was discovered in PRTG 7.x through 19.4.53. Due to insufficient access control on local registry keys for the Core Server Service, a non-administrative user on the local machine is able to access administrative credentials.
PRTG Network Monitor v7.1.3.3378 allows XSS via the /search.htm searchtext parameter. NOTE: This product is discontinued.
PRTG Network Monitor v7.1.3.3378 allows XSS via the /public/login.htm errormsg or loginurl parameter. NOTE: This product is discontinued.
PRTG before 19.1.49.1966 has Cross Site Scripting (XSS) in the WEBGUI.
PRTG Network Monitor before 18.2.40.1683 allows an authenticated user with a read-only account to create another user with a read-write account (including administrator) via an HTTP request because /api/addusers doesn't check, or doesn't properly check, user rights.
PRTG Network Monitor before 18.2.40.1683 allows remote unauthenticated attackers to create users with read-write privileges (including administrator). A remote unauthenticated user can craft an HTTP request and override attributes of the 'include' directive in /public/login.htm and perform a Local File Inclusion attack, by including /api/addusers and executing it. By providing the 'id' and 'users' parameters, an unauthenticated attacker can create a user with read-write privileges (including administrator).
PRTG Network Monitor before 18.3.44.2054 allows a remote authenticated attacker (with read-write privileges) to execute arbitrary code and OS commands with system privileges. When creating an HTTP Advanced Sensor, the user's input in the POST parameter 'proxyport_' is mishandled. The attacker can craft an HTTP request and override the 'writeresult' command-line parameter for HttpAdvancedSensor.exe to store arbitrary data in an arbitrary place on the file system. For example, the attacker can create an executable file in the \Custom Sensors\EXE directory and execute it by creating EXE/Script Sensor.
PRTG Network Monitor before 18.2.41.1652 allows remote unauthenticated attackers to terminate the PRTG Core Server Service via a special HTTP request.
An issue was discovered in PRTG Network Monitor before 18.2.39. An attacker who has access to the PRTG System Administrator web console with administrative privileges can exploit an OS command injection vulnerability (both on the server and on devices) by sending malformed parameters in sensor or notification management scenarios.
Paessler PRTG Network Monitor before 18.1.39.1648 mishandles stack memory during unspecified API calls.
In Paessler PRTG Network Monitor 17.3.33.2830, it's possible to create a Map as a read-only user, by forging a request and sending it to the server.
PRTG Network Monitor 17.3.33.2830 allows remote authenticated administrators to execute arbitrary code by uploading a .exe file and then proceeding in spite of the error message.
PRTG Network Monitor version 17.3.33.2830 is vulnerable to stored Cross-Site Scripting on all group names created, related to incorrect error handling for an HTML encoded script.
PRTG Network Monitor version 17.3.33.2830 is vulnerable to reflected Cross-Site Scripting on error.htm (the error page), via the errormsg parameter.
PRTG Network Monitor version 17.3.33.2830 is vulnerable to stored Cross-Site Scripting on all sensor titles, related to incorrect error handling for a %00 in the SRC attribute of an IMG element.
Cross-site scripting (XSS-STORED) vulnerability in the DEVICES OR SENSORS functionality in Paessler PRTG Network Monitor before 17.3.33.2654 allows authenticated remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML.
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Paessler PRTG Network Monitor before 17.2.32.2279 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors.
Paessler PRTG before 16.2.24.4045 has XSS via SNMP.
XML external entity vulnerability in PRTG Network Monitor before 16.2.23.3077/3078 allows remote authenticated users to read arbitrary files by creating a new HTTP XML/REST Value sensor that accesses a crafted XML file.
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Monitor_Bandwidth function in PRTG Traffic Grapher 6.2.2.977 and earlier allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors.