Cross-site scripting in Cacti - CVE-2024-43365
Published: October 7, 2024 / Updated: June 19, 2026
Vulnerability identifier: #VU134953
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 5.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2024-43365
CWE-ID: CWE-79
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote user to cause a denial of service.
The vulnerability exists due to cross-site scripting in the consolenewsection parameter in links.php and its rendering in index.php when creating and viewing external links. A remote user can submit a specially crafted HTTP POST request to cause a denial of service.
The injected input is stored in the database and later reflected to users, and user interaction is required to view the malicious external link entry.
Affected software
Cacti
How to mitigate CVE-2024-43365
Install security update from vendor's website.
Cacti - update to 1.2.28