CVE-2023-48294
Broken Access control on Graphs Feature in LibreNMS
LibreNMS is an auto-discovering PHP/MySQL/SNMP based network monitoring which includes support for a wide range of network hardware and operating systems. In affected versions of LibreNMS when a user accesses their device dashboard, one request is sent to graph.php to access graphs generated on the particular Device. This request can be accessed by a low privilege user and they can enumerate devices on librenms with their id or hostname. Leveraging this vulnerability a low privilege user can see all devices registered by admin users. This vulnerability has been addressed in commit 489978a923 which has been included in release version 23.11.0. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
4.3
Broken Access control on Graphs Feature in LibreNMS
LibreNMS is an auto-discovering PHP/MySQL/SNMP based network monitoring which includes support for a wide range of network hardware and operating systems. In affected versions of LibreNMS when a user accesses their device dashboard, one request is sent to graph.php to access graphs generated on the particular Device. This request can be accessed by a low privilege user and they can enumerate devices on librenms with their id or hostname. Leveraging this vulnerability a low privilege user can see all devices registered by admin users. This vulnerability has been addressed in commit 489978a923 which has been included in release version 23.11.0. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.
- Record
CVE-2023-48294- CVSS 3.1
- 4.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-200
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2023-2960
4.3
LibreNMS is an auto-discovering PHP/MySQL/SNMP based network monitoring which includes support for a wide range of network hardware and operating systems. In affected versions of LibreNMS when a user accesses their device dashboard, one request is sent to graph.php to access graphs generated on the particular Device. This request can be accessed by a low privilege user and they can enumerate devices on librenms with their id or hostname. Leveraging this vulnerability a low privilege user can see all devices registered by admin users. This vulnerability has been addressed in commit 489978a923 which has been included in release version 23.11.0. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.
- Record
EUVD-2023-2960- CVSS 3.1
- 4.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-fpq5-4vwm-78x4
4.3
LibreNMS has Broken Access control on Graphs Feature
Summary
This vulnerability occurs when application is not checking access of each type of users as per their role and it autorizing the users to access any feature. When user access his Device dashboard in librenms, one request is going to graph.php to access image of graphs generated on the particular Device. This request can be accessed by lower privileged users as well and they can enumerate devices on librenms with their id or hostname.
Details
Give all details on the vulnerability. Pointing to the incriminated source code is very helpful for the maintainer.
PoC
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Login with Lower privilege user
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Go to /graph.php?width=150&height=45&device=1&type=device_ping_perf&from=1699022192&legend=no&bg=FFFFFF00&popup_title=ICMP+Response
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If its showing image with "device*ping_perf" which confirms that there is device with id 1
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Now you can change device parameter in above URL with hostname to check if that Hostname/IP exist or not like http://127.0.0.1:8000/graph.php?width=150&height=45&device=127.0.0.1&type=device_ping_perf&from=1699022192&legend=no&bg=FFFFFF00&popup_title=ICMP+Response
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If device hostname doesn't exist then it should show 500 error
Check attached screenshots for more info
Vulnerable code: https://github.com/librenms/librenms/blob/fa93034edd40c130c2ff00667ca2498d84be6e69/html/graph.php#L19C1-L25C2
Above is vulnerable line of code from Line number 19-25 This is not checking privilege of users to access any device hostname, its just checking if user is authenticated or not
Impact
Low privilege users can see all devices registered by admin users by using this method
Solution
Implement privilege access control feature to check if low privilege user have access or not.
Screenshots:-
<img width="967" alt="Screenshot 2023-11-04 at 8 31 15 PM" src="https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/31764504/281085588-1c5d81b9-83d7-4ba8-baf3-03c95a99cefe.png"> <img width="973" alt="Screenshot 2023-11-04 at 8 31 36 PM" src="https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/31764504/281085614-7a4d13b0-d316-4d24-bdd2-05c3a80ffd59.png"> <img width="955" alt="Screenshot 2023-11-04 at 8 31 48 PM" src="https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/31764504/281085629-43aa2b6f-7b18-415f-8001-519bda45f918.png">
- Record
GHSA-fpq5-4vwm-78x4- CVSS 3.1
- 4.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-200
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
4.3
LibreNMS is an auto-discovering PHP/MySQL/SNMP based network monitoring which includes support for a wide range of network hardware and operating systems. In affected versions of LibreNMS when a user accesses their device dashboard, one request is sent to graph.php to access graphs generated on the particular Device. This request can be accessed by a low privilege user and they can enumerate devices on librenms with their id or hostname. Leveraging this vulnerability a low privilege user can see all devices registered by admin users. This vulnerability has been addressed in commit 489978a923 which has been included in release version 23.11.0. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.
- Record
CVE-2023-48294- CVSS 3.1
- 4.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-200
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
4.3
Broken Access control on Graphs Feature in LibreNMS
LibreNMS is an auto-discovering PHP/MySQL/SNMP based network monitoring which includes support for a wide range of network hardware and operating systems. In affected versions of LibreNMS when a user accesses their device dashboard, one request is sent to graph.php to access graphs generated on the particular Device. This request can be accessed by a low privilege user and they can enumerate devices on librenms with their id or hostname. Leveraging this vulnerability a low privilege user can see all devices registered by admin users. This vulnerability has been addressed in commit 489978a923 which has been included in release version 23.11.0. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.
- Record
CVE-2023-48294- CVSS 3.1
- 4.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-200
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVGHSA-fpq5-4vwm-78x4
4.3
LibreNMS has Broken Access control on Graphs Feature
Summary
This vulnerability occurs when application is not checking access of each type of users as per their role and it autorizing the users to access any feature. When user access his Device dashboard in librenms, one request is going to graph.php to access image of graphs generated on the particular Device. This request can be accessed by lower privileged users as well and they can enumerate devices on librenms with their id or hostname.
Details
Give all details on the vulnerability. Pointing to the incriminated source code is very helpful for the maintainer.
PoC
-
Login with Lower privilege user
-
Go to /graph.php?width=150&height=45&device=1&type=device_ping_perf&from=1699022192&legend=no&bg=FFFFFF00&popup_title=ICMP+Response
-
If its showing image with "device*ping_perf" which confirms that there is device with id 1
-
Now you can change device parameter in above URL with hostname to check if that Hostname/IP exist or not like http://127.0.0.1:8000/graph.php?width=150&height=45&device=127.0.0.1&type=device_ping_perf&from=1699022192&legend=no&bg=FFFFFF00&popup_title=ICMP+Response
-
If device hostname doesn't exist then it should show 500 error
Check attached screenshots for more info
Vulnerable code: https://github.com/librenms/librenms/blob/fa93034edd40c130c2ff00667ca2498d84be6e69/html/graph.php#L19C1-L25C2
Above is vulnerable line of code from Line number 19-25 This is not checking privilege of users to access any device hostname, its just checking if user is authenticated or not
Impact
Low privilege users can see all devices registered by admin users by using this method
Solution
Implement privilege access control feature to check if low privilege user have access or not.
Screenshots:-
<img width="967" alt="Screenshot 2023-11-04 at 8 31 15 PM" src="https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/31764504/281085588-1c5d81b9-83d7-4ba8-baf3-03c95a99cefe.png"> <img width="973" alt="Screenshot 2023-11-04 at 8 31 36 PM" src="https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/31764504/281085614-7a4d13b0-d316-4d24-bdd2-05c3a80ffd59.png"> <img width="955" alt="Screenshot 2023-11-04 at 8 31 48 PM" src="https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/31764504/281085629-43aa2b6f-7b18-415f-8001-519bda45f918.png">
- Record
GHSA-fpq5-4vwm-78x4- CVSS 3.1
- 4.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-200
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
librenms/librenmsPackagist |
before 23.11.0 | 23.11.0 |
librenms/librenmsPackagist |
before 23.11.0, plus listed versions 1.191.201.20.11.211.22 Show 45 moreShow less1.22.011.231.241.251.261.271.281.291.301.30.011.311.31.011.31.021.31.031.321.32.011.331.33.011.341.351.361.36.011.371.381.391.401.411.421.42.011.431.441.451.461.471.481.48.11.491.501.50.11.511.521.531.53.11.541.55 |
23.11.0 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases, published | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2023-48294 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.3) in Librenms, published November 17, 2023. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.69%, the 53rd percentile. Fixed in librenms/librenms 23.11.0.
References
github.com/librenms/librenms/security/advisories/GHSA-fpq5-4vwm-78x4
github.com/librenms/librenms/commit/489978a923ed52aa243d3419889ca298a8a6a7cf
github.com/librenms/librenms/blob/fa93034edd40c130c2ff00667ca2498d84be6e69/html/graph.php
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-48294
github.com/advisories/GHSA-fpq5-4vwm-78x4
github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/48xxx/CVE-2023-48294.json
github.com/librenms/librenms
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