Vulnerability Report

CVE-2010-2543

Title: Cacti Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)

XSS

Proof Of Concept

PoC Available for CVE-2010-2543

CWE Category CWE-79

Published Date Aug 23, 2010

Modified Date Jun 16, 2026

Exploit Status Available

Score 4.3 CVSS v2.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

3.87%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2010-2543: Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in include/top_graph_header.php in Cacti before 0.8.7g allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the graph_start parameter to graph.php. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incorrect fix for CVE-2009-4032.2.b.

Impacted Vendors

the_cacti_group 1

cacti 1

Reference Links

http://cacti.net/release_notes_0_8_7g.php http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=127978954522586&w=2 http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=128017203704299&w=2 http://svn.cacti.net/viewvc/cacti/branches/0.8.7/include/top_graph_header.php?r1=6025&r2=6024 http://svn.cacti.net/viewvc?view=rev&revision=6025 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:160 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=541279 http://cacti.net/release_notes_0_8_7g.php http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=127978954522586&w=2 http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=128017203704299&w=2 http://svn.cacti.net/viewvc/cacti/branches/0.8.7/include/top_graph_header.php?r1=6025&r2=6024 http://svn.cacti.net/viewvc?view=rev&revision=6025 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:160 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=541279

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity MEDIUM

4.3

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2010-2543 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

Exploit-DB https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/10234

View Code

June 16, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 29, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 11, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

August 23, 2010 PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A

Complexity N/A

Privileges N/A

Interaction NONE

CVSS Vector String


                                    AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.