CVE-2020-13230

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2020-05-20 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-281

Description

In Cacti before 1.2.11, disabling a user account does not immediately invalidate any permissions granted to that account (e.g., permission to view logs).

Affected products

cacti: before 1.2.11 — fixed in 1.2.11
Debian Linux: 9.0
Fedoraproject Fedora: 31, 32

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: cacti 1.2.11. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://github.com/Cacti/cacti/issues/3343
https://github.com/Cacti/cacti/releases/tag/release%2F1.2.11
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/03/msg00038.html
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ICJMWSY77IIGZYR6FE6NAQZFBO42VECO/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/Q3PCDGNELH7HEBIXRNT5J5EWQEXQAU6B/
https://github.com/Cacti/cacti/issues/3343
https://github.com/Cacti/cacti/releases/tag/release%2F1.2.11
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/03/msg00038.html
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ICJMWSY77IIGZYR6FE6NAQZFBO42VECO/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/Q3PCDGNELH7HEBIXRNT5J5EWQEXQAU6B/

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