Improper Access Control in Cacti - CVE-2019-16723

 

Improper Access Control in Cacti - CVE-2019-16723

Published: September 24, 2019 / Updated: May 19, 2022


Vulnerability identifier: #VU21303
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-16723
CWE-ID: CWE-284
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: The Cacti Group, Inc.
Affected software:
Cacti

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to sensitive information.

The vulnerability exists due to the system's authorization functionality does not prevent gaining access to user's data or record by modifying the key value identifying the data. A remote authenticated attacker can send a specially crafted request to the "graph_json.php" file with a modified "local_graph_id" parameter and view the graph data.

How to mitigate CVE-2019-16723

Install update from vendor's website.

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