Stored Cross-site Scripting (XSS) when creating external links in Cacti
Summary
Stored Cross-site Scripting (XSS) when creating external links in Cacti
Original description
The description as published by the source.
Cacti is an open source performance and fault management framework. Theconsolenewsection parameter is not properly sanitized when saving external links in links.php . Morever, the said consolenewsection parameter is stored in the database and reflected back to user in index.php, finally leading to stored XSS. Users with the privilege to create external links can manipulate the “consolenewsection” parameter in the http post request while creating external links to perform stored XSS attacks. The vulnerability known as XSS (Cross-Site Scripting) occurs when an application allows untrusted user input to be displayed on a web page without proper validation or escaping. This issue has been addressed in release version 1.2.28. All users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.
Source: OSV.dev (Open Source Vulnerabilities) NVD GitHub Advisory OSV
Fix status by distribution
Fixed packages published by each distribution for this CVE
- Debian DEBIAN-CVE-2024-43365 cacti Fixed in: 1.2.16+ds1-2+deb11u5
- Ubuntu UBUNTU-CVE-2024-43365 cacti
References
- advisory github.com
- advisory github.com
- advisory nvd.nist.gov
- web lists.debian.org