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

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A vulnerability was found in Cacti up to 1.2.27. It has been rated as problematic. Affected is an unknown function of the file links.php of the component HTTP POST Request Handler. Performing a manipulation of the argument consolenewsection results in cross site scripting. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2024-43365. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

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A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Cacti up to 1.2.27. This affects an unknown function of the file links.php of the component HTTP POST Request Handler. The manipulation of the argument consolenewsection with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as 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. This is going to have an impact on integrity. The summary by CVE is:

Cacti is an open source performance and fault management framework. The`consolenewsection` 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.

It is possible to read the advisory at github.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2024-43365 since 08/09/2024. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1059.007 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

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). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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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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