CVE-2023-49088: Cacti has incomplete fix for CVE-2023-39515

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2023-12-22 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-79

Description

Cacti is an open source operational monitoring and fault management framework. The fix applied for CVE-2023-39515 in version 1.2.25 is incomplete as it enables an adversary to have a victim browser execute malicious code when a victim user hovers their mouse over the malicious data source path in `data_debug.php`. To perform the cross-site scripting attack, the adversary needs to be an authorized cacti user with the following permissions: `General Administration>Sites/Devices/Data`. The victim of this attack could be any account with permissions to view `http://<HOST>/cacti/data_debug.php`. As of time of publication, no complete fix has been included in Cacti.

Affected products

cacti: before 1.2.25 — fixed in 1.2.25

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: cacti 1.2.25. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

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