Stored cross-site scripting in cacti (Alpine package)

1) Stored cross-site scripting

EUVDB-ID: #VU24356

Risk: Low

CVSSv3.1: 6.3 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2020-7106

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

Exploit availability: No

Description

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

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data in the "description" parameter. A remote attacker can permanently inject 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.

This vulnerability affects the following files:

• data_sources.php
• color_templates_item.php
• graphs.php
• graph_items.php
• lib/api_automation.php
• user_admin.php
• user_group_admin.php

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

cacti (Alpine package): 1.2.8-r0 - 1.2.9-r0

External links

http://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=6e827a9dff0f6d940e08d7975d124a87392541de
http://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=d257bf86303c111c0a6407903b162c596fb405de

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

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