SQL injection in Cacti - CVE-2023-39357

 

SQL injection in Cacti - CVE-2023-39357

Published: September 5, 2023


Vulnerability identifier: #VU80425
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 8.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2023-39357
CWE-ID: CWE-89
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote user to execute arbitrary SQL queries in database.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data within the sql_save() function. 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
Amazon Linux AMI
Debian Linux
Fedora
cacti
cacti (Debian package)
cacti-spine

How to mitigate CVE-2023-39357

Install updates from vendor's website.

Cacti - update to 1.2.25
cacti - update to 1.1.19-4.22
cacti (Debian package) - addressed in versions 1.2.16+ds1-2+deb11u2, 1.2.24+ds1-1+deb12u1
cacti - addressed in versions 1.2.25-1.el7, 1.2.25-1.el8, 1.2.25-1.el9, 1.2.25-1.fc37, 1.2.25-1.fc38, 1.2.25-1.fc39
cacti-spine - addressed in versions 1.2.25-1.el7, 1.2.25-1.el8, 1.2.25-1.el9, 1.2.25-1.fc37, 1.2.25-1.fc38, 1.2.25-1.fc39

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