6.1

CVE-2023-39360: cacti Cross-site Scripting

CVSS: 6.1v3.1MediumModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2023-39360DEBIAN-CVE-2023-39360
Published 05-09-2023Last modified 13-02-2025
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2023-39360 is a medium (CVSS 6.1) Cross-site Scripting vulnerability in cacti. EPSS estimates a 0.89% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 58.7% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Overall risk
35/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
6.1/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.89%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits1github

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 4 · Related 2
DLA-3765-1DSA-5646-1OPENSUSE-SU-2023:0275-1OPENSUSE-SU-2024:13203-1

Timeline

  1. 05-09-2023
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 13-02-2025
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Cacti is an open source operational monitoring and fault management framework.Affected versions are subject to a Stored Cross-Site-Scripting (XSS) Vulnerability allows an authenticated user to poison data. The vulnerability is found in `graphs_new.php`. Several validations are performed, but the `returnto` parameter is directly passed to `form_save_button`. In order to bypass this validation, returnto must contain `host.php`. This vulnerability has been addressed in version 1.2.25. Users are advised to upgrade. Users unable to update should manually filter HTML output.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 4 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.89%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

59%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.89% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
0.89%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

1 found
  • githubUnverified

    Cacti

    Maturity: poc

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Cacti1 product
Debian1 product
  • cacti< 1.2.24+ds1-1+deb12u2 | < 1.2.25+ds1-1
Fedoraproject1 product
Ubuntu1 product
  • cactiAll versions (No fix recorded)

4 vendors · 4 products

References

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