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CVE-2023-39513

Stored Cross-site Scripting on host.php verbose data-query debug view in Cacti

6.1 MediumFix available

Cacti is an open source operational monitoring and fault management framework. Affected versions are subject to a Stored Cross-Site-Scripting (XSS) Vulnerability which allows an authenticated user to poison data stored in the cacti's database. These data will be viewed by administrative cacti accounts and execute JavaScript code in the victim's browser at view-time. The script under host.php is used to monitor and manage hosts in the cacti app, hence displays useful information such as data queries and verbose logs. CENSUS found that an adversary that is able to configure a data-query template with malicious code appended in the template path, in order to deploy a stored XSS attack against any user with the General Administration>Sites/Devices/Data privileges. A user that possesses the Template Editor>Data Queries permissions can configure the data query template path in cacti. Please note that such a user may be a low privileged user. This configuration occurs through http://<HOST>/cacti/data_queries.php by editing an existing or adding a new data query template. If a template is linked to a device then the formatted template path will be rendered in the device's management page, when a verbose data query is requested. This vulnerability has been addressed in version 1.2.25. Users are advised to upgrade. Users unable to update should manually filter HTML output.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges needed
High
User interaction
Required

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
None

Exploit likelihood

0.92%Up 0.9 points since Sep 6, 2023
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

CVE List Score used 6.1

Stored Cross-site Scripting on host.php verbose data-query debug view in Cacti

Cacti is an open source operational monitoring and fault management framework. Affected versions are subject to a Stored Cross-Site-Scripting (XSS) Vulnerability which allows an authenticated user to poison data stored in the cacti's database. These data will be viewed by administrative cacti accounts and execute JavaScript code in the victim's browser at view-time. The script under host.php is used to monitor and manage hosts in the cacti app, hence displays useful information such as data queries and verbose logs. CENSUS found that an adversary that is able to configure a data-query template with malicious code appended in the template path, in order to deploy a stored XSS attack against any user with the General Administration>Sites/Devices/Data privileges. A user that possesses the Template Editor>Data Queries permissions can configure the data query template path in cacti. Please note that such a user may be a low privileged user. This configuration occurs through http://<HOST>/cacti/data_queries.php by editing an existing or adding a new data query template. If a template is linked to a device then the formatted template path will be rendered in the device's management page, when a verbose data query is requested. This vulnerability has been addressed in version 1.2.25. Users are advised to upgrade. Users unable to update should manually filter HTML output.

Record
CVE-2023-39513
CVSS 3.1
6.1 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Weakness
CWE-79
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2023-43235 6.1

Cacti is an open source operational monitoring and fault management framework. Affected versions are subject to a Stored Cross-Site-Scripting (XSS) Vulnerability which allows an authenticated user to poison data stored in the cacti's database. These data will be viewed by administrative cacti accounts and execute JavaScript code in the victim's browser at view-time. The script under host.php is used to monitor and manage hosts in the cacti app, hence displays useful information such as data queries and verbose logs. CENSUS found that an adversary that is able to configure a data-query template with malicious code appended in the template path, in order to deploy a stored XSS attack against any user with the General Administration>Sites/Devices/Data privileges. A user that possesses the Template Editor>Data Queries permissions can configure the data query template path in cacti. Please note that such a user may be a low privileged user. This configuration occurs through http://<HOST>/cacti/data_queries.php by editing an existing or adding a new data query template. If a template is linked to a device then the formatted template path will be rendered in the device's management page, when a verbose data query is requested. This vulnerability has been addressed in version 1.2.25. Users are advised to upgrade. Users unable to update should manually filter HTML output.

Record
EUVD-2023-43235
CVSS 3.1
6.1 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Updated
2026-11-02
NVD 6.1

Cacti is an open source operational monitoring and fault management framework. Affected versions are subject to a Stored Cross-Site-Scripting (XSS) Vulnerability which allows an authenticated user to poison data stored in the cacti's database. These data will be viewed by administrative cacti accounts and execute JavaScript code in the victim's browser at view-time. The script under host.php is used to monitor and manage hosts in the cacti app, hence displays useful information such as data queries and verbose logs. CENSUS found that an adversary that is able to configure a data-query template with malicious code appended in the template path, in order to deploy a stored XSS attack against any user with the General Administration>Sites/Devices/Data privileges. A user that possesses the Template Editor>Data Queries permissions can configure the data query template path in cacti. Please note that such a user may be a low privileged user. This configuration occurs through http://<HOST>/cacti/data_queries.php by editing an existing or adding a new data query template. If a template is linked to a device then the formatted template path will be rendered in the device's management page, when a verbose data query is requested. This vulnerability has been addressed in version 1.2.25. Users are advised to upgrade. Users unable to update should manually filter HTML output.

Record
CVE-2023-39513
CVSS 3.1
6.1 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
CVSS 3.1
5.4 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Weakness
CWE-79
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVALPINE-CVE-2023-39513 5.4

Cacti is an open source operational monitoring and fault management framework. Affected versions are subject to a Stored Cross-Site-Scripting (XSS) Vulnerability which allows an authenticated user to poison data stored in the cacti's database. These data will be viewed by administrative cacti accounts and execute JavaScript code in the victim's browser at view-time. The script under host.php is used to monitor and manage hosts in the cacti app, hence displays useful information such as data queries and verbose logs. CENSUS found that an adversary that is able to configure a data-query template with malicious code appended in the template path, in order to deploy a stored XSS attack against any user with the General Administration>Sites/Devices/Data privileges. A user that possesses the Template Editor>Data Queries permissions can configure the data query template path in cacti. Please note that such a user may be a low privileged user. This configuration occurs through http://<HOST>/cacti/data_queries.php by editing an existing or adding a new data query template. If a template is linked to a device then the formatted template path will be rendered in the device's management page, when a verbose data query is requested. This vulnerability has been addressed in version 1.2.25. Users are advised to upgrade. Users unable to update should manually filter HTML output.

Record
ALPINE-CVE-2023-39513
CVSS 3.1
5.4 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Updated
2026-11-03
OSV 6.1

Stored Cross-site Scripting on host.php verbose data-query debug view in Cacti

Cacti is an open source operational monitoring and fault management framework. Affected versions are subject to a Stored Cross-Site-Scripting (XSS) Vulnerability which allows an authenticated user to poison data stored in the cacti's database. These data will be viewed by administrative cacti accounts and execute JavaScript code in the victim's browser at view-time. The script under host.php is used to monitor and manage hosts in the cacti app, hence displays useful information such as data queries and verbose logs. CENSUS found that an adversary that is able to configure a data-query template with malicious code appended in the template path, in order to deploy a stored XSS attack against any user with the General Administration>Sites/Devices/Data privileges. A user that possesses the Template Editor>Data Queries permissions can configure the data query template path in cacti. Please note that such a user may be a low privileged user. This configuration occurs through http://<HOST>/cacti/data_queries.php by editing an existing or adding a new data query template. If a template is linked to a device then the formatted template path will be rendered in the device's management page, when a verbose data query is requested. This vulnerability has been addressed in version 1.2.25. Users are advised to upgrade. Users unable to update should manually filter HTML output.

Record
CVE-2023-39513
CVSS 3.1
6.1 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Weakness
CWE-79
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2023-39513 5.4

Cacti is an open source operational monitoring and fault management framework. Affected versions are subject to a Stored Cross-Site-Scripting (XSS) Vulnerability which allows an authenticated user to poison data stored in the cacti's database. These data will be viewed by administrative cacti accounts and execute JavaScript code in the victim's browser at view-time. The script under host.php is used to monitor and manage hosts in the cacti app, hence displays useful information such as data queries and verbose logs. CENSUS found that an adversary that is able to configure a data-query template with malicious code appended in the template path, in order to deploy a stored XSS attack against any user with the General Administration>Sites/Devices/Data privileges. A user that possesses the Template Editor>Data Queries permissions can configure the data query template path in cacti. Please note that such a user may be a low privileged user. This configuration occurs through http://<HOST>/cacti/data_queries.php by editing an existing or adding a new data query template. If a template is linked to a device then the formatted template path will be rendered in the device's management page, when a verbose data query is requested. This vulnerability has been addressed in version 1.2.25. Users are advised to upgrade. Users unable to update should manually filter HTML output.

Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2023-39513
CVSS 3.1
5.4 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2023-39513 6.1

Cacti is an open source operational monitoring and fault management framework. Affected versions are subject to a Stored Cross-Site-Scripting (XSS) Vulnerability which allows an authenticated user to poison data stored in the cacti's database. These data will be viewed by administrative cacti accounts and execute JavaScript code in the victim's browser at view-time. The script under host.php is used to monitor and manage hosts in the cacti app, hence displays useful information such as data queries and verbose logs. CENSUS found that an adversary that is able to configure a data-query template with malicious code appended in the template path, in order to deploy a stored XSS attack against any user with the General Administration>Sites/Devices/Data privileges. A user that possesses the Template Editor>Data Queries permissions can configure the data query template path in cacti. Please note that such a user may be a low privileged user. This configuration occurs through http://<HOST>/cacti/data_queries.php by editing an existing or adding a new data query template. If a template is linked to a device then the formatted template path will be rendered in the device's management page, when a verbose data query is requested. This vulnerability has been addressed in version 1.2.25. Users are advised to upgrade. Users unable to update should manually filter HTML output.

Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2023-39513
CVSS 3.1
6.1 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
CVSS 3.1
5.4 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2023:0275-1 No score

Security update for cacti, cacti-spine

This update for cacti, cacti-spine fixes the following issues:

cacti-spine 1.2.25:

  • Spine should see if script to be executed is executable
  • Enhance number recognition
  • When polling devices, sort by larger number of items first
  • Log format may be corrupted when timeout occurs
  • Compile warning appears due to GCC flag on RHEL7/RHEL8
  • Downed device detection only checks one of the two uptime OIDs
  • Compile error appears due to execinfo.h on FreeBSD
  • Bootstrap shell script contains some PHP cruft
  • Padding is not always removed from the start of non-numeric strings
  • Improve SNMP result handling for non-numeric results
  • Further improve SNMP result handling for non-numeric results
  • Remove check for the max_oids column which has been present since Cacti v1.0
  • Minimize Sorting when fetching poller records for maximum performance
  • Spine should see if script to be executed is executable

cacti-spine 1.2.24:

  • Fix segfault when ignoring older OIDs

cacti 1.2.25:

  • CVE-2023-30534: Protect against Insecure deserialization of filter data (boo#1215082)
  • CVE-2023-39360: Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability when creating new graphs (boo#1215044)
  • CVE-2023-39361: Unauthenticated SQL Injection when viewing graphs (boo#1215045)
  • CVE-2023-39357: SQL Injection when saving data with sql_save() (boo#1215040)
  • CVE-2023-39362: Authenticated command injection when using SNMP options (boo#1215047)
  • CVE-2023-39359: Authenticated SQL injection vulnerability when managing graphs (boo#1215043)
  • CVE-2023-39358: Authenticated SQL injection vulnerability when managing reports (boo#1215042)
  • CVE-2023-39365: SQL Injection when using regular expressions (boo#1215051)
  • CVE-2023-39364: redirect in change password functionality (boo#1215050)
  • CVE-2023-39366: Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability with Device Name when managing Data Sources (boo#1215052)
  • CVE-2023-39510: Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability with Device Name when administrating Reports (boo#1215053)
  • CVE-2023-39511: Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability with Device Name when editing Graphs whilst managing Reports (boo#1215081)
  • CVE-2023-39512: Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability with Device Name when managing Data Sources (boo#1215054)
  • CVE-2023-39513: Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability with Device Name when debugging data queries (boo#1215055)
  • CVE-2023-39514: Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability with Data Source Name when managing Graphs (boo#1215056)
  • CVE-2023-39515: Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability with Data Source Name when debugging Data Queries (boo#1215058)
  • CVE-2023-39516: Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability with Data Source Information when managing Data Sources (boo#1215059)
  • When rebuilding the Poller Cache from command line, allow it to be multi-threaded
  • When searching tree or list views, the URL does not update after changes
  • When creating a Data Source Template with a specific snmp port, the port is not always applied
  • When a Data Query references a file, the filename should be trimmed to remove spurious spaces
  • THold plugin may not always install or upgrade properly
  • RRD file structures are not always updated properly, if there are more Data Sources in the Data Template than the Graph Template
  • When reindexing devices, errors may sometimes be shown
  • Boost may loose data when the database server is overloaded
  • Boost can sometimes output unexpected or invalid values
  • Boost should not attempt to start if there are no items to process
  • Rebuilding the poller cache does not always work as expected
  • Host CPU items may not work poll as expected when on a remote data collector where hmib is also enabled
  • When creating new graphs, invalid offset errors may be generated
  • When importing packages, SQL errors may be generated
  • When managing plugins from command line, the --plugin option is not properly handled
  • When automating an install of Cacti, error messages can be appear
  • When performing automated install of a plugin, warnings can be thrown
  • Automation…
Record
openSUSE-SU-2023:0275-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2024:13203-1 No score

cacti-1.2.25-2.1 on GA media

These are all security issues fixed in the cacti-1.2.25-2.1 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.

Record
openSUSE-SU-2024:13203-1
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
cacti
Alpine:v3.18
before 1.2.26-r0
1.2.26-r0
cacti
Alpine:v3.19
before 1.2.25-r0
1.2.25-r0
cacti
Alpine:v3.20
before 1.2.25-r0
1.2.25-r0
cacti
Alpine:v3.21
before 1.2.25-r0
1.2.25-r0
cacti
Alpine:v3.22
before 1.2.25-r0
1.2.25-r0
cacti
Alpine:v3.23
before 1.2.25-r0
1.2.25-r0
cacti
Alpine:v3.24
before 1.2.25-r0
1.2.25-r0
cacti
Debian:12
before 1.2.24+ds1-1+deb12u2, plus listed versions
1.2.24+ds1-11.2.24+ds1-1+deb12u1
1.2.24+ds1-1+deb12u2
cacti
Debian:13
before 1.2.25+ds1-1
1.2.25+ds1-1
cacti
Debian:14
before 1.2.25+ds1-1
1.2.25+ds1-1
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Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
cacti
Debian:10
before 1.2.2+ds1-2+deb10u6, plus listed versions
1.2.2+ds1-21.2.2+ds1-2+deb10u11.2.2+ds1-2+deb10u21.2.2+ds1-2+deb10u31.2.2+ds1-2+deb10u41.2.2+ds1-2+deb10u5
1.2.2+ds1-2+deb10u6
cacti
Debian:11
before 1.2.16+ds1-2+deb11u3, plus listed versions
1.2.16+ds1-21.2.16+ds1-2+deb11u11.2.16+ds1-2+deb11u2
1.2.16+ds1-2+deb11u3
cacti
Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS
All versions, plus listed versions
0.8.8b+dfsg-30.8.8b+dfsg-50.8.8b+dfsg-5ubuntu0.10.8.8b+dfsg-5ubuntu0.20.8.8b+dfsg-5ubuntu0.2+esm10.8.8b+dfsg-5ubuntu0.2+esm2
None known
cacti
Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS
All versions, plus listed versions
0.8.8f+ds1-20.8.8f+ds1-30.8.8f+ds1-40.8.8f+ds1-4ubuntu10.8.8f+ds1-4ubuntu2
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0.8.8f+ds1-4ubuntu30.8.8f+ds1-4ubuntu40.8.8f+ds1-4ubuntu4.16.040.8.8f+ds1-4ubuntu4.16.04.10.8.8f+ds1-4ubuntu4.16.04.20.8.8f+ds1-4ubuntu4.16.04.2+esm10.8.8f+ds1-4ubuntu4.16.04.2+esm2
None known
cacti
Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS
All versions, plus listed versions
1.1.18+ds1-11.1.27+ds1-21.1.27+ds1-31.1.28+ds1-21.1.35+ds1-1
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1.1.36+ds1-11.1.38+ds1-11.1.38+ds1-1ubuntu0.1~esm11.1.38+ds1-1ubuntu0.1~esm31.1.38+ds1-1ubuntu0.1~esm4
None known
cacti
Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS
All versions, plus listed versions
1.2.4+ds1-2ubuntu31.2.9+ds1-1ubuntu11.2.9+ds1-1ubuntu21.2.10+ds1-1ubuntu11.2.10+ds1-1ubuntu1+esm11.2.10+ds1-1ubuntu1.11.2.10+ds1-1ubuntu1.1+esm11.2.10+ds1-1ubuntu1.1+esm2
None known
cacti
Ubuntu:Pro:22.04:LTS
All versions, plus listed versions
1.2.16+ds1-2ubuntu11.2.19+ds1-2ubuntu11.2.19+ds1-2ubuntu1+esm11.2.19+ds1-2ubuntu1.11.2.19+ds1-2ubuntu1.1+esm11.2.19+ds1-2ubuntu1.1+esm2
None known
cacti
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS
All versions, plus listed versions
1.2.25+ds1-21.2.26+ds1-11.2.26+ds1-1ubuntu0.1
None known
cacti
SUSE:Package Hub 12
before 1.2.25-bp155.2.3.1
1.2.25-bp155.2.3.1
cacti-spine
SUSE:Package Hub 12
before 1.2.25-bp155.2.3.1
1.2.25-bp155.2.3.1
cacti
SUSE:Package Hub 15 SP4
before 1.2.25-bp155.2.3.1
1.2.25-bp155.2.3.1
cacti-spine
SUSE:Package Hub 15 SP4
before 1.2.25-bp155.2.3.1
1.2.25-bp155.2.3.1
cacti
SUSE:Package Hub 15 SP5
before 1.2.25-bp155.2.3.1
1.2.25-bp155.2.3.1
cacti-spine
SUSE:Package Hub 15 SP5
before 1.2.25-bp155.2.3.1
1.2.25-bp155.2.3.1
cacti
openSUSE:Leap 15.4
before 1.2.25-bp155.2.3.1
1.2.25-bp155.2.3.1
cacti-spine
openSUSE:Leap 15.4
before 1.2.25-bp155.2.3.1
1.2.25-bp155.2.3.1
cacti
openSUSE:Leap 15.5
before 1.2.25-bp155.2.3.1
1.2.25-bp155.2.3.1
cacti-spine
openSUSE:Leap 15.5
before 1.2.25-bp155.2.3.1
1.2.25-bp155.2.3.1
cacti
openSUSE:Tumbleweed
before 1.2.25-2.1
1.2.25-2.1

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
affected, aliases, referencesOSV
first indexedCVE List, EUVD, NVD, OSV

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2023-39513 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.1) in Cacti, published September 5, 2023. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.92%, the 60th percentile. Fixed in cacti 1.2.26-r0.

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