Vulnerability Report

CVE-2023-39516

Title: Cacti Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)

Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2023-39516.

CWE Category CWE-79
Published Date Sep 05, 2023
Modified Date Apr 10, 2025
Exploit Status Not Found
Score 6.1 CVSS v3.1
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
0.70%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2023-39516: Cacti is an open source operational monitoring and fault management framework. Affected versions are subject to a Stored Cross-Site-Scripting (XSS) Vulnerability which 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 script under `data_sources.php` displays the data source management information (e.g. data source path, polling configuration etc.) for different data visualizations of the _cacti_ app. CENSUS found that an adversary that is able to configure a malicious data-source path, 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 data source path in Cacti. This configuration occurs through `http://<HOST>/cacti/data_sources.php`. The same page can be used for previewing the data source path. This issue has been addressed in version 1.2.25. Users are advised to upgrade. Users unable to upgrade should manually escape HTML output.

Impacted Vendors

T
the_cacti_group 1
C
cacti 1

Reference Links

https://github.com/Cacti/cacti/security/advisories/GHSA-r8qq-88g3-hmgv https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/03/msg00018.html https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/CFH3J2WVBKY4ZJNMARVOWJQK6PSLPHFH/ https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/WOQFYGLZBAWT4AWNMO7DU73QXWPXTCKH/ https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/WZGB2UXJEUYWWA6IWVFQ3ZTP22FIHMGN/ https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5550 https://github.com/Cacti/cacti/security/advisories/GHSA-r8qq-88g3-hmgv https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/03/msg00018.html https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/CFH3J2WVBKY4ZJNMARVOWJQK6PSLPHFH/ https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/WOQFYGLZBAWT4AWNMO7DU73QXWPXTCKH/ https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/WZGB2UXJEUYWWA6IWVFQ3ZTP22FIHMGN/ https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5550
CVSS v3.1
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity MEDIUM
6.1
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
N/A
Interaction
REQUIRED
Confidentiality
N/A
Integrity
N/A
Availability
N/A
Scope
UNCHANGED
RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
CVSS v3.1
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity MEDIUM
4.8
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
N/A
Interaction
REQUIRED
Confidentiality
N/A
Integrity
N/A
Availability
N/A
Scope
CHANGED
RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2023-39516 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector NETWORK
Complexity LOW
Privileges N/A
Interaction REQUIRED
CVSS Vector String CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.