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high 8.8

CVE-2023-39359 json

Authenticated SQL injection vulnerability in graphs.php in Cacti

published 2023-09-05 3 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2023-43085

cvss
8.8
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
2.1%
EPSS 2.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 81%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Cacti is an open source operational monitoring and fault management framework. An authenticated SQL injection vulnerability was discovered which allows authenticated users to perform privilege escalation and remote code execution. The vulnerability resides in the `graphs.php` file. When dealing with the cases of ajax_hosts and ajax_hosts_noany, if the `site_id` parameter is greater than 0, it is directly reflected in the WHERE clause of the SQL statement. This creates an SQL injection vulnerability. This issue has been addressed in version 1.2.25. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.

Patch / fix

  • Cacti cacti 1.2.25
  • cacti Debian 12 1.2.24+ds1-1+deb12u1
  • cacti Debian 14, Debian 13 1.2.25+ds1-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2023-39359

  • cacti openSUSE Tumbleweed 1.2.25-2.1
  • cacti-spine Package Hub 15 SP5, Package Hub 15 SP4, Package Hub 12 +2 more 1.2.25-bp155.2.3.1
  • cacti Package Hub 15 SP5, Package Hub 15 SP4, Package Hub 12 +2 more 1.2.25-bp155.2.3.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:13203-1openSUSE-SU-2023:0275-1

  • cacti Alpine 3.18 1.2.26-r0
  • cacti Alpine 3.24, Alpine 3.23, Alpine 3.22 +3 more 1.2.25-r0

alpine advisories ALPINE-CVE-2023-39359

Alpine secdb © Alpine Linux, from https://secdb.alpinelinux.org via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

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-2023-39359 updated cvss 8.8

cacti: Authenticated SQL injection vulnerability when managing graphs

  • 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

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
Proof of concept is public
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total
Assessed
2 y ago

Exploit prediction

2.06% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 81% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • github.com https://github.com/Cacti/cacti/security/advisories/GHSA-q4wh-3f9w-836h referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 3.1 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

  • Cacti cacti

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-89 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command

References

Sources

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