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Medium · 6.1 CVE-2023-39510 EUVD-2023-43232

Stored Cross-site Scripting in reports_admin.php through Device-Name in 'select' input in Cacti

Published Sep 5, 2023 · Updated Feb 13, 2025 · Assigned by GitHub_M

Description

Cacti is an open source operational monitoring and fault management framework. Affected versions are subject to a Stored Cross-Site-Scripting (XSS) Vulnerability allows an authenticated user to poison data stored in the _cacti_'s database. These data will be viewed by administrative _cacti_ accounts and execute JavaScript code in the victim's browser at view-time. The`reports_admin.php` script displays reporting information about graphs, devices, data sources etc.
CENSUS found that an adversary that is able to configure a malicious Device name, can deploy a stored XSS attack against any user of the same (or broader) privileges. A user that possesses the _General Administration>Sites/Devices/Data_ permissions can configure the device names in _cacti_. This configuration occurs through `http://<HOST>/cacti/host.php`, while the rendered malicious payload is exhibited at `http://<HOST>/cacti/reports_admin.php` when the a graph with the maliciously altered device name is linked to the report. This vulnerability has been addressed in version 1.2.25. Users are advised to upgrade. Users unable to update should manually filter HTML output.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Cacti cacti < 1.2.25 —

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.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 cacti 1.2.25+ds1-1 —
Debian 13 cacti 1.2.25+ds1-1 —
Debian 12 cacti 1.2.24+ds1-1+deb12u1 —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS cacti No fix yet —
Show 5 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu Pro 22.04 LTS cacti No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS cacti No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS cacti No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS cacti No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS cacti No fix yet —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SUSE Package Hub 15 SP5 cacti +1 1.2.25-bp155.2.3.1 openSUSE-SU-2023:0275-1
SUSE Package Hub 15 SP4 cacti +1 1.2.25-bp155.2.3.1 openSUSE-SU-2023:0275-1
SUSE Package Hub 12 cacti +1 1.2.25-bp155.2.3.1 openSUSE-SU-2023:0275-1
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
openSUSE Tumbleweed cacti 1.2.25-2.1 openSUSE-SU-2024:13203-1
openSUSE Leap 15.5 cacti +1 1.2.25-bp155.2.3.1 openSUSE-SU-2023:0275-1
openSUSE Leap 15.4 cacti +1 1.2.25-bp155.2.3.1 openSUSE-SU-2023:0275-1
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Alpine v3.24 cacti 1.2.25-r0 —
Alpine v3.23 cacti 1.2.25-r0 —
Alpine v3.22 cacti 1.2.25-r0 —
Alpine v3.21 cacti 1.2.25-r0 —
Alpine v3.20 cacti 1.2.25-r0 —
Show 2 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Alpine v3.19 cacti 1.2.25-r0 —
Alpine v3.18 cacti 1.2.26-r0 —

Advisories 3

References