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medium 4.3

CVE-2008-0783 json

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Cacti 0.8.7 before 0.8.7b and 0.8.6 before 0.8.6k allow remote attackers to inject a…

published 2008-02-14 18 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2008-0790

cvss
4.3
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
5.2%
EPSS 5.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 92%
public exploits
2
Exploit-DB

Summary

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Cacti 0.8.7 before 0.8.7b and 0.8.6 before 0.8.6k allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via (1) the view_type parameter to graph.php; (2) the filter parameter to graph_view.php; (3) the action parameter to the draw_navigation_text function in lib/functions.php, reachable through index.php (aka the login page) or data_input.php; or (4) the login_username parameter to index.php.

Patch / fix

  • cacti Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 0.8.7b-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2008-0783

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-31158)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

5.25% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 92% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-31158 Cacti 0.8.7 - 'graph_view.php?filter' Cross-Site Scripting webapps, 2008-02-12
  • EDB-31157 Cacti 0.8.7 - 'graph.php?view_type' Cross-Site Scripting webapps, 2008-02-12
  • securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27749 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation

References

Sources

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