Cacti up to 1.2.28 automation_devices.php get_discovery_results Network sql injection

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A vulnerability categorized as critical has been discovered in Cacti up to 1.2.28. This impacts the function get_discovery_results of the file automation_devices.php. Such manipulation of the argument Network leads to sql injection. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2024-54145. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability was found in Cacti up to 1.2.28. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is the function get_discovery_results of the file automation_devices.php. The manipulation of the argument network 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 performance and fault management framework. Cacti has a SQL injection vulnerability in the get_discovery_results function of automation_devices.php using the network parameter. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.2.29.

The advisory is shared for download at github.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2024-54145 since 11/29/2024. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. 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:automation_devices.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 1.2.29 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch c7e4ee798d263a3209ae6e7ba182c7b65284d8f0 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at github.com. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (215468). Once again VulDB remains the best source 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
• 1.2.28

License

• open-source

Website

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

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