Cacti up to 0.8.7a Login Page graph.php draw_navigation_text login_username cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Cacti. This impacts the function draw_navigation_text in the library lib/functions.php of the file graph.php of the component Login Page. Performing a manipulation of the argument login_username results in cross site scripting. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2008-0783. The attack can be initiated remotely. Additionally, an exploit exists. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Cacti (Log Management Software). This affects the function draw_navigation_text in the library lib/functions.php of the file graph.php of the component Login Page. The manipulation of the argument login_username 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:

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Cacti 0.8.7 before 0.8.7b and 0.8.6 before 0.8.6k allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via (1) the view_type parameter to graph.php; (2) the filter parameter to graph_view.php; (3) the action parameter to the draw_navigation_text function in lib/functions.php, reachable through index.php (aka the login page) or data_input.php; or (4) the login_username parameter to index.php.

The weakness was released 02/14/2008 by Francesco "aScii" Ongaro (Website). The advisory is shared at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2008-0783 since 02/14/2008. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Technical details and a public exploit are known. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1059.007 for this issue.

The exploit is shared for download at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. By approaching the search of inurl:graph.php it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 31107 (Fedora 7 : cacti-0.8.7b-1.fc7 (2008-1737)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Fedora Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 165709 (SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update (SUSE-SR:2008:005)).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 1 days after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (40453), Exploit-DB (31157), Tenable (31107), SecurityFocus (BID 27749†) and OSVDB (41781†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-3520, VDB-25650, VDB-32045 and VDB-36698. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-79 / CWE-94 / CWE-74
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Nessus ID: 31107
Nessus Name: Fedora 7 : cacti-0.8.7b-1.fc7 (2008-1737)
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OpenVAS ID: 100213
OpenVAS Name: Cacti Multiple Input Validation Vulnerabilities
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Researcher: Francesco "aScii" Ongaro
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2008-0783 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2008-0783
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-41061

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X-Force: 40453
SecurityFocus: 27749 - Cacti Multiple Input Validation Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 28872 - Cacti Multiple Vulnerabilities, Moderately Critical
OSVDB: 41781 - Cacti graph_view.php filter Parameter XSS
SecurityTracker: 1019414
Vulnerability Center: 17880 - Cacti 0.8.7 - 0.8.7a and 0.8.6 - 0.8.6j Multiple Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2008-0540

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Created: 03/16/2015 13:43
Updated: 04/12/2025 23:21
Changes: 03/16/2015 13:43 (93), 08/07/2019 09:40 (4), 04/12/2025 23:21 (17)
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