#VU33656 Cross-site scripting in Cacti - CVE-2014-5026
Published: October 20, 2014 / Updated: August 4, 2020
Cacti
The Cacti Group, Inc.
Description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data when processing data passed via a (1) Graph Tree Title in a delete or (2) edit action; (3) CDEF Name, (4) Data Input Method Name, or (5) Host Templates Name in a delete action; (6) Data Source Title; (7) Graph Title; or (8) Graph Template Name in a delete or (9) duplicate action. A remote attacker can trick the victim to follow a specially crafted link and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in user's browser in context of vulnerable website.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to steal potentially sensitive information, change appearance of the web page, perform phishing and drive-by-download attacks.
Remediation
External links
- http://bugs.cacti.net/view.php?id=2456
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-03/msg00034.html
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q3/244
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3007
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/07/22/9
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68759
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/94816
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201509-03