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medium 5.4

CVE-2020-25706 json

A cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability exists in templates_import.php (Cacti 1.2.13) due to Improper escaping of error message during t…

published 2020-11-12 5 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2020-18361

cvss
5.4
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
2.8%
EPSS 2.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 86%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

A cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability exists in templates_import.php (Cacti 1.2.13) due to Improper escaping of error message during template import preview in the xml_path field

Patch / fix

  • cacti Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1.2.14+ds1-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2020-25706

  • cacti openSUSE Tumbleweed 1.2.18-1.2

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:10670-1

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2020-25706 updated cvss 5.4

cacti: Improper escaping of error message leads to XSS during template import preview

  • Red Hat All currently supported Red Hat products
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

2.80% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 86% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • bugzilla.redhat.com https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2020-25706 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • github.com https://github.com/Cacti/cacti/issues/3723 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 5.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
NVD 3.1 6.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
NVD 2.0 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Affected products

  • The Cacti Group, Inc. cacti

Classification

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

References

Sources

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