Cacti up to 0.8.8b cross-site request forgery

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Cacti up to 0.8.8b. It has been classified as problematic. Impacted is an unknown function. Performing a manipulation results in cross-site request forgery. This vulnerability is cataloged as CVE-2014-2327. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Cacti up to 0.8.8b (Log Management Software). It has been classified as critical. This affects an unknown code block. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross-site request forgery vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-352. The web application does not, or can not, sufficiently verify whether a well-formed, valid, consistent request was intentionally provided by the user who submitted the request. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in Cacti 0.8.7g, 0.8.8b, and earlier allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of users for unspecified commands, as demonstrated by requests that (1) modify binary files, (2) modify configurations, or (3) add arbitrary users.

The weakness was shared 04/23/2014 with CERT (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at bugs.debian.org. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2014-2327 since 03/12/2014. 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. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 78290 (Amazon Linux AMI : cacti (ALAS-2014-347)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Amazon Linux Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 350829 (Amazon Linux Security Advisory for cacti: AL2012-2016-111).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (92065), Tenable (78290), SecurityFocus (BID 66392†), Secunia (SA59203†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-44225†). The entries VDB-69462, VDB-69460, VDB-70260 and VDB-72490 are related to this item. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Class: Cross-site request forgery
CWE: CWE-352 / CWE-862 / CWE-863
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Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 78290
Nessus Name: Amazon Linux AMI : cacti (ALAS-2014-347)
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OpenVAS ID: 702970
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 2970-1 (cacti - security update)
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03/12/2014 🔍
03/24/2014 +12 days 🔍
03/25/2014 +1 days 🔍
04/23/2014 +29 days 🔍
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04/24/2014 +1 days 🔍
07/02/2014 +69 days 🔍
03/25/2015 +266 days 🔍
05/11/2026 +4065 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: bugs.debian.org
Organization: CERT
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2014-2327 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2014-2327
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-69459

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X-Force: 92065
SecurityFocus: 66392 - Cacti CVE-2014-2327 Cross Site Request Forgery Vulnerability
Secunia: 59203 - Debian update for cacti, Moderately Critical
Vulnerability Center: 44225 - Cacti 0.8.7g and 0.8.8b XSS Vulnerability via Requests, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/25/2015 16:45
Updated: 05/11/2026 21:23
Changes: 03/25/2015 16:45 (67), 05/26/2017 03:43 (7), 03/15/2022 14:29 (3), 05/11/2026 21:23 (15)
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