Cacti up to 1.2.24 graphs.php ajax_hosts/ajax_hosts_noany sql injection

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A vulnerability was found in Cacti up to 1.2.24 and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is the function ajax_hosts/ajax_hosts_noany of the file graphs.php. Such manipulation leads to sql injection. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2023-39359. The attack may be launched remotely. There is no exploit available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Cacti up to 1.2.24 (Log Management Software). Affected by this issue is the function ajax_hosts/ajax_hosts_noany of the file graphs.php. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a sql injection vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-89. The product constructs all or part of an SQL command using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended SQL command when it is sent to a downstream component. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

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.

The weakness was shared 09/06/2023 as GHSA-q4wh-3f9w-836h. The advisory is shared for download at github.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2023-39359 since 07/28/2023. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1505.

By approaching the search of inurl:graphs.php it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking.

Upgrading to version 1.2.25 eliminates this vulnerability.

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Type

• Log Management Software

Name

• Cacti

Version

• 1.2.0
• 1.2.1
• 1.2.2
• 1.2.3
• 1.2.4
• 1.2.5
• 1.2.6
• 1.2.7
• 1.2.8
• 1.2.9
• 1.2.10
• 1.2.11
• 1.2.12
• 1.2.13
• 1.2.14
• 1.2.15
• 1.2.16
• 1.2.17
• 1.2.18
• 1.2.19
• 1.2.20
• 1.2.21
• 1.2.22
• 1.2.23
• 1.2.24

License

• open-source

Website

• Product: https://github.com/Cacti/cacti/

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