SQL injection in Cacti - CVE-2020-14295
Published: July 26, 2020 / Updated: June 20, 2023
Vulnerability identifier: #VU31874
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:A/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-14295
CWE-ID: CWE-89
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
Public exploit is available
Vendor: The Cacti Group, Inc.
Affected software:
Cacti
Cacti
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary SQL queries in database.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data passed via the filter parameter to color.php script. A remote authenticated attacker can send a specially crafted request to the affected application and execute arbitrary SQL commands within the application database.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to read, delete, modify data in database and gain complete control over the affected application.
How to mitigate CVE-2020-14295
Install update from vendor's website.
Sources
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00067.html
- https://github.com/Cacti/cacti/issues/3622
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/W64CIB6L4HZRVQSWKPDDKXJO4J2XTOXD/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZKM5G3YNSZDHDZMPCMAHG5B5M2V4XYSE/
- https://github.com/Cacti/cacti/blob/release/1.2.13/CHANGELOG
- https://github.com/Cacti/cacti/security/advisories/GHSA-rwgg-5vv3-4hxp