Cross-site scripting in The Cacti Group, Inc. products - CVE-2014-5025

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Cross-site scripting in The Cacti Group, Inc. products - CVE-2014-5025

Published: October 20, 2014 / Updated: May 19, 2022


Vulnerability identifier: #VU33649
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2014-5025
CWE-ID: CWE-79
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Debian
SUSE
The Cacti Group, Inc.
Affected software:
Debian Linux
Opensuse
Cacti

Detailed vulnerability description

Vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform XSS attacks.

The vulnerability is caused by an input validation error in data_sources.php in Cacti 0.8.8b. A remote authenticated attacker can trick the victim to follow a specially crafted link and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in victim's browser in security context of vulnerable website.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to steal potentially sensitive information, change appearance of the web page, perform phishing and drive-by-download attacks.


How to mitigate CVE-2014-5025

Install update from vendor's website.

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