Open redirect in Cacti - CVE-2023-39364

 

Open redirect in Cacti - CVE-2023-39364

Published: September 5, 2023


Vulnerability identifier: #VU80426
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 2.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2023-39364
CWE-ID: CWE-601
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to redirect victims to arbitrary URL.

The vulnerability exists due to improper sanitization of user-supplied data passed via the "ref" parameter to auth_changepassword.php. A remote attacker can create a link that leads to a trusted website, however, when clicked, redirects the victim to arbitrary domain.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to perform a phishing attack and steal potentially sensitive information.


Affected software

Cacti
Amazon Linux AMI
Debian Linux
Fedora
cacti
cacti (Debian package)
cacti-spine

How to mitigate CVE-2023-39364

Install updates from vendor's website.

Cacti - update to 1.2.25
cacti - update to 1.1.19-5.23
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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