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UBUNTU-CVE-2023-39358 (CVE-2023-39358)

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu – Published: 2023-09-05 22:15 – Updated: 2025-10-24 05:02 – Source website

Details

Cacti is an open source operational monitoring and fault management framework. An authenticated SQL injection vulnerability was discovered which allows authenticated users to perform privilege escalation and remote code execution. The vulnerability resides in the reports_user.php file. In ajax_get_branches, the tree_id parameter is passed to the reports_get_branch_select function without any validation. This issue has been addressed in version 1.2.25. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.

Severity

8.8 (High)


                    
                      CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

8.8 (High)


                    
                      CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

N/A (UNKNOWN)


                    
                      medium

References

URL

Type

	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-39358	REPORT
	https://github.com/Cacti/cacti/security/advisorie…	REPORT
	https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-39358	REPORT

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CVE-2023-39358 (GCVE-0-2023-39358)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-09-05 21:00 – Updated: 2025-02-13 17:02

Title

Authenticated SQL injection vulnerability in reports_user.php in Cacti

Summary

Cacti is an open source operational monitoring and fault management framework. An authenticated SQL injection vulnerability was discovered which allows authenticated users to perform privilege escalation and remote code execution. The vulnerability resides in the `reports_user.php` file. In `ajax_get_branches`, the `tree_id` parameter is passed to the `reports_get_branch_select` function without any validation. This issue has been addressed in version 1.2.25. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.

Severity

8.8 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

SSVC

Exploitation: poc Automatable: no Technical Impact: total

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2024-09-26 19:08 UTC

CWE

CWE-89 - Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection')

Assigner

GitHub_M mitre root

References

4 references

URL	Tags
https://github.com/Cacti/cacti/security/advisorie…	x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/pac…
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/pac…
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/pac…

Impacted products

2 products

Vendor	Product	Version
Cacti	cacti	Affected: < 1.2.25
cacti	cacti	Affected: 0 , < 1.2.25 (custom) cpe:2.3:a:cacti:cacti::::::::

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