SQL injection in Cacti - CVE-2023-39365

 

SQL injection in Cacti - CVE-2023-39365

Published: September 5, 2023 / Updated: October 6, 2023


Vulnerability identifier: #VU80433
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-2023-39365
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 when using regular expression within the graph_view and link endpoints. A remote user 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
Debian Linux
Fedora
cacti (Debian package)
cacti
cacti-spine

How to mitigate CVE-2023-39365

Install updates from vendor's website.

Cacti - update to 1.2.25
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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