SQL injection in Cacti - CVE-2011-4824
Published: December 15, 2011 / Updated: July 28, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU32836
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2011-4824
CWE-ID: CWE-89
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
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 login_username parameter. A remote 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.
Affected software
Cacti
cacti (Alpine package)
cacti (Alpine package)
How to mitigate CVE-2011-4824
Update to version 0.8.7h.
Cacti - update to 0.8.7h
cacti (Alpine package) - update to 0.8.7i-r0
cacti (Alpine package) - update to 0.8.7i-r0
External References
- http://bugs.cacti.net/view.php?id=2062
- http://forums.cacti.net/viewtopic.php?f=21&t=44116
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-November/069126.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-November/069137.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-November/069141.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/44133
- http://secunia.com/advisories/46876
- http://svn.cacti.net/viewvc?view=rev&revision=6807
- http://www.cacti.net/release_notes_0_8_7h.php
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/50671
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/71326