#VU31877 Cross-site request forgery in Cacti - CVE-2020-13231
Published: July 26, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU31877
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-13231
CWE-ID: CWE-352
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Cacti
Cacti
Software vendor:
The Cacti Group, Inc.
The Cacti Group, Inc.
Description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site request forgery attacks.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of the HTTP request origin in auth_profile.php?action=edit. A remote attacker can trick the victim to visit a specially crafted web page and perform arbitrary actions on behalf of the victim on the vulnerable website, such as changing data in victim's profile.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
External links
- https://github.com/Cacti/cacti/issues/3342
- https://github.com/Cacti/cacti/releases/tag/release%2F1.2.11
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ICJMWSY77IIGZYR6FE6NAQZFBO42VECO/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/Q3PCDGNELH7HEBIXRNT5J5EWQEXQAU6B/