Cross-site scripting in cacti (Alpine package)

1) Cross-site scripting

EUVDB-ID: #VU33656

Risk: Low

CVSSv4.0: 1.2 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear]

CVE-ID: CVE-2014-5026

CWE-ID: CWE-79 - Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data when processing data passed via a (1) Graph Tree Title in a delete or (2) edit action; (3) CDEF Name, (4) Data Input Method Name, or (5) Host Templates Name in a delete action; (6) Data Source Title; (7) Graph Title; or (8) Graph Template Name in a delete or (9) duplicate action. A remote attacker can trick the victim to follow a specially crafted link and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in user's browser in context of vulnerable website.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to steal potentially sensitive information, change appearance of the web page, perform phishing and drive-by-download attacks.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

cacti (Alpine package): 0.8.8b-r1

CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3:a:alpine:cacti_alpine_package:0.8.8b-r1:*:*:*:*:alpine_linux:*:2.4

External links

https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=b4924baca6a105d5686b7f5de612249d00d71019
https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=cdbeb449d01875c26f923b2485c7f5e3598bf237
https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=ce4b70baa66ec5eb26ffe89bcf3ae47f6acd4e2e
https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=4eef8e02314c0d71f0e4708db40671f93c4c41c1

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote authenticated privileged user via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.