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Medium · 6.1 CVE-2023-39516 EUVD-2023-43238

Stored Cross-Site-Scripting on data_sources.php debug html-block in Cacti

Published Sep 5, 2023 · Updated Feb 25, 2026 · 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 which 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 script under `data_sources.php` displays the data source management information (e.g. data source path, polling configuration etc.) for different data visualizations of the _cacti_ app. CENSUS found that an adversary that is able to configure a malicious data-source path, 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 data source path in Cacti. This configuration occurs through `http://<HOST>/cacti/data_sources.php`. The same page can be used for previewing the data source path. This issue has been addressed in version 1.2.25. Users are advised to upgrade. Users unable to upgrade should manually escape 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 DSA-5550-1
Debian 11 cacti 1.2.16+ds1-2+deb11u2 DSA-5550-1
Debian 10 cacti 1.2.2+ds1-2+deb10u6 DLA-3765-1
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 5

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