Description
Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Cacti before 0.8.7f, as used in Red Hat High Performance Computing (HPC) Solution and other products, allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) hostname or (2) description parameter to host.php, or (3) the host_id parameter to data_sources.php.
Fixed in Linux distributions
Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.
Debian
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian 14 | cacti | 0.8.7g-1 | — |
| Debian 13 | cacti | 0.8.7g-1 | — |
| Debian 12 | cacti | 0.8.7g-1 | — |
| Debian 6.0 | cacti | 0.8.7g-1+squeeze1 | DSA-2384-1 |
| Debian 5.0 | cacti | 0.8.7b-2.1+lenny4 | DSA-2384-1 |
Red Hat
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Hpc Solution 1 | GeoIP +1 | 1.4.7-0.1.20090931cvs.el5 | RHSA-2010:0635 |
| Red Hat Hpc Solution 1 | blacs-mvapich1-gnu | 20000224-7 | RHSA-2010:0635 |
| Red Hat Hpc Solution 1 | blacs-openmpi-gnu | 20000224-9 | RHSA-2010:0635 |
| Red Hat Hpc Solution 1 | cacti | 0.8.7g-1.1.el5 | RHSA-2010:0635 |
| Red Hat Hpc Solution 1 | component-RHEL-OFED +1 | 5.5-2 | RHSA-2010:0635 |
| Red Hat Hpc Solution 1 | component-cacti | 0.1-49 | RHSA-2010:0635 |
| Red Hat Hpc Solution 1 | component-ganglia-agent-v3_0 | 3.0-3.el5 | RHSA-2010:0635 |
| Red Hat Hpc Solution 1 | component-ganglia-server-v3_0 | 3.0-3 | RHSA-2010:0635 |
| Red Hat Hpc Solution 1 | component-lava-compute-v1_0 | 1.0-6 | RHSA-2010:0635 |
| Red Hat Hpc Solution 1 | component-mvapich1-libraries | 0.1-4 | RHSA-2010:0635 |
| Red Hat Hpc Solution 1 | component-nagios-installer-v2_12 | 2.12-4 | RHSA-2010:0635 |
| Red Hat Hpc Solution 1 | component-ntop-v3_3 | 3.3-12 | RHSA-2010:0635 |
| Red Hat Hpc Solution 1 | environment-modules | 3.2.7b-7.el5 | RHSA-2010:0635 |
| Red Hat Hpc Solution 1 | iozone | 3-5.el5 | RHSA-2010:0635 |
| Red Hat Hpc Solution 1 | kit-cacti | 0.8.7-47 | RHSA-2010:0635 |
| Red Hat Hpc Solution 1 | kit-ganglia | 3.0-8 | RHSA-2010:0635 |
| Red Hat Hpc Solution 1 | kit-hpc | 0.1-5 | RHSA-2010:0635 |
| Red Hat Hpc Solution 1 | kit-lava | 1.0-11 | RHSA-2010:0635 |
| Red Hat Hpc Solution 1 | kit-nagios | 2.12-6 | RHSA-2010:0635 |
| Red Hat Hpc Solution 1 | kit-ntop | 3.3-13 | RHSA-2010:0635 |
| Red Hat Hpc Solution 1 | kit-rhel_java | 1.6.0-3.el5 | RHSA-2010:0635 |
| Red Hat Hpc Solution 1 | kusu-appglobals-tool | 5.5-1.el5 | RHSA-2010:0635 |
| Red Hat Hpc Solution 1 | kusu-ui +26 | 5.5-1 | RHSA-2010:0635 |
| Red Hat Hpc Solution 1 | lava +3 | 1.0-10 | RHSA-2010:0635 |
| Red Hat Hpc Solution 1 | linpack-mvapich1-gnu | 1.0a-7 | RHSA-2010:0635 |
| Red Hat Hpc Solution 1 | linpack-openmpi-gnu | 1.0a-6 | RHSA-2010:0635 |
| Red Hat Hpc Solution 1 | nagios-plugins +53 | 1.4.14-1.1.el5 | RHSA-2010:0635 |
| Red Hat Hpc Solution 1 | netcdf +1 | 3.6.2-7.el5 | RHSA-2010:0635 |
| Red Hat Hpc Solution 1 | nrpe +1 | 2.12-12.1.el5 | RHSA-2010:0635 |
| Red Hat Hpc Solution 1 | ntop | 3.3.9-7.1.el5 | RHSA-2010:0635 |
| Red Hat Hpc Solution 1 | pcm | 1.2-6 | RHSA-2010:0635 |
| Red Hat Hpc Solution 1 | pcm-kit-base | 1.2-4 | RHSA-2010:0635 |
| Red Hat Hpc Solution 1 | pcm-kit-hpc | 1.0-22 | RHSA-2010:0635 |
| Red Hat Hpc Solution 1 | pcm-kit-ntop | 1.1-2 | RHSA-2010:0635 |
| Red Hat Hpc Solution 1 | platform_mvapich | 1.2.0-0.3635.1.el5 | RHSA-2010:0635 |
| Red Hat Hpc Solution 1 | primitive | 0.1.1-2 | RHSA-2010:0635 |
| Red Hat Hpc Solution 1 | python-IPy | 0.70-1.el5 | RHSA-2010:0635 |
| Red Hat Hpc Solution 1 | python-psycopg2 +2 | 2.0.14-1.el5 | RHSA-2010:0635 |
| Red Hat Hpc Solution 1 | scalapack-openmpi-gnu +1 | 1.8.0-9 | RHSA-2010:0635 |
Advisories 2
- DSA-2384-1 cacti - several Debian Security (DSA / DLA) · Mar 9, 2026
- RHSA-2010:0635 Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat High Performance Computing (HPC) Solution 5.5 Red Hat Security Advisories (RHSA) · Jan 29, 2026
References
- ADV-2010-1203 vdb-entry
- MDVSA-2010:160 vendor-advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=609093
- 41041 third-party-advisory
- http://www.cacti.net/release_notes_0_8_7f.php
- RHSA-2010:0635 vendor-advisory
- 20100521 Cacti Multiple Parameter Cross Site Scripting Vulnerabilities mailing-list
- ADV-2010-2132 vdb-entry
- 40332 vdb-entry
- http://svn.cacti.net/viewvc?view=rev&revision=5901