🛡️ CVE-2023-39359 on Debian — cacti
Description
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 graphs.php file. When dealing with the cases of ajax_hosts and ajax_hosts_noany, if the site_id parameter is greater than 0, it is directly reflected in the WHERE clause of the SQL statement. This creates an SQL injection vulnerability. This issue has been addressed in version 1.2.25. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.
Distribution advisory
This page covers CVE-2023-39359 as tracked by Debian, for the package cacti. The fix is available in version 1.2.25+ds1-1; earlier versions remain affected.
How this vulnerability can be exploited
This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs low-level privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality high, integrity high, availability high.
Weakness class
DEBIAN-CVE-2023-39359 is classified as CWE-89: SQL Injection. Untrusted input is concatenated into an SQL statement, letting an attacker change the query and reach data the request should not return.
Affected software
DEBIAN-CVE-2023-39359 is recorded against 1 package.
- cacti (fixed in 1.2.25+ds1-1)
Timeline and source
Published on 5 September 2023 and last revised on 7 August 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.
References
CVE-2023-39359 on other distributions
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Details
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected Packages
| Software | From version | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| cacti | — | 1.2.25+ds1-1 |
References
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