Cacti up to 1.2.27 HTTP POST Request links.php Title cross site scripting

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Cacti up to 1.2.27. It has been declared as problematic. This impacts an unknown function of the file links.php of the component HTTP POST Request Handler. Such manipulation of the argument Title leads to cross site scripting. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2024-43364. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. No exploit is available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability was found in Cacti up to 1.2.27. It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown processing of the file links.php of the component HTTP POST Request Handler. The manipulation of the argument title with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-79. The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users. Impacted is integrity. CVE summarizes:

Cacti is an open source performance and fault management framework. The `title` parameter is not properly sanitized when saving external links in links.php . Morever, the said title 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 `title` 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.

The advisory is available at github.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2024-43364 since 08/09/2024. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit. This vulnerability is assigned to T1059.007 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

By approaching the search of inurl:links.php it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 215468 (Debian dsa-5862 : cacti - security update), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading to version 1.2.28 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (215468). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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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
• 1.2.25
• 1.2.26
• 1.2.27

License

• open-source

Website

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

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