Cross-site scripting in Cacti - CVE-2018-20723
Published: January 16, 2019 / Updated: August 8, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU36232
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-20723
CWE-ID: CWE-79
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: The Cacti Group, Inc.
Affected software:
Cacti
Cacti
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote privileged user to read and manipulate data.
A cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability exists in color_templates.php in Cacti before 1.2.0 due to lack of escaping of unintended characters in the Name field for a Color.
How to mitigate CVE-2018-20723
Install update from vendor's website.
Sources
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00001.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00005.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-04/msg00042.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-04/msg00048.html
- https://github.com/Cacti/cacti/blob/develop/CHANGELOG
- https://github.com/Cacti/cacti/commit/80c2a88fb2afb93f87703ba4641f9970478c102d
- https://github.com/Cacti/cacti/issues/2215