CVE-2021-23225: cacti
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2021-23225 is a medium (CVSS 5.4) vulnerability in cacti. EPSS estimates a 0.53% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 45% of scored vulnerabilities.
Not severe (CVSS 5.4, network access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources
Source freshness unavailable
How is this decided?Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 1Timeline
- 19-01-2022PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 03-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
Cacti 1.1.38 allows authenticated users with User Management permissions to inject arbitrary web script or HTML in the "new_username" field during creation of a new user via "Copy" method at user_admin.php.
CVSS metrics
4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated5.4MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- OSV · DebianEcosystem advisory · calculated5.4MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
EPSS trend
Probability
0.53%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
45%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
No change 0.00 pp
From 0.53% on 04-10-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in the CISA KEV catalog.
Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.
Not in the CIRCL catalog.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Known conditions: network-reachable, low-privilege account, user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.
Debian2 products
- cacti< 1.2.1+ds1-1
- debian_linuxEOL9.0
Cacti1 product
- cacti1.1.38
Ubuntu1 product
- cactiAll versions (No fix recorded)
3 vendors · 4 products
References
5 links- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/03/msg00038.htmlMailing ListX Refsource MLISTThird Party Advisory