Input validation error in Cacti - CVE-2020-7237

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Input validation error in Cacti - CVE-2020-7237

Published: January 20, 2020 / Updated: May 19, 2022


Vulnerability identifier: #VU24394
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4: 8.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-7237
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input in the Performance Boost Debug Log field of "poller_automation.php". A remote authenticated attacker can execute arbitrary code via shell metacharacters.


Affected software

Cacti
Gentoo Linux
Fedora
SUSE Linux
Opensuse
cacti (Alpine package)
cacti
cacti-spine
SUSE Package Hub for SUSE Linux Enterprise

How to mitigate CVE-2020-7237

Install update from vendor's website.

cacti (Alpine package) - update to 1.2.10-r0
cacti - addressed in versions 1.2.9-1.el7, 1.2.9-1.el8, 1.2.9-1.fc30, 1.2.9-1.fc31
cacti-spine - addressed in versions 1.2.9-1.el7, 1.2.9-1.el8, 1.2.9-1.fc30, 1.2.9-1.fc31

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