Improper Preservation of Permissions in Cacti - CVE-2020-13230

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Improper Preservation of Permissions in Cacti - CVE-2020-13230

Published: July 26, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU31878
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 7.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-13230
CWE-ID:
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to otherwise restricted functionality.

The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly processes operations, related to accounts deactivation. When disabling a user account the application does not immediately invalidate any permissions granted to that account (e.g., permission to view logs). A remote attacker, whose account was disabled can still access the application for certain amount of time.


Affected software

Cacti
Fedora
cacti
cacti-spine

How to mitigate CVE-2020-13230

Install updates from vendor's website.

Cacti - update to 1.2.11
cacti - addressed in versions 1.2.12-1.el7, 1.2.12-1.el8, 1.2.12-1.fc31, 1.2.12-1.fc32
cacti-spine - addressed in versions 1.2.12-1.el7, 1.2.12-1.el8, 1.2.12-1.fc31, 1.2.12-1.fc32

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