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Fencer Vulns
medium 6.1

CVE-2023-39510 json

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

published 2023-09-05 3 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2023-43232

cvss
6.1
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.8%
EPSS 0.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 57%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

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-2023-39510

  • 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-2023-39510

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-2023-39510 updated cvss 6.1

cacti: Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability with Device Name when administrating Reports

  • 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

0.84% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 57% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • github.com https://github.com/Cacti/cacti/security/advisories/GHSA-24w4-4hp2-3j8h referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 6.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
NVD 3.1 4.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Affected products

  • Cacti cacti

Classification

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

References

Sources

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