Vulnerability · Published Jan 19, 2022 · Assigned by redhat
CVE-2021-23225
Medium 5.4
In plain English
A medium-severity cross-site scripting in Cacti. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.5% (higher than 45% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Severity (CVSS NVD)5.4Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.5%top 54.9% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official 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.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:12 | cacti | 1.2.1+ds1-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2021-23225 |
| Debian:13 | cacti | 1.2.1+ds1-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2021-23225 |
| Debian:14 | cacti | 1.2.1+ds1-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2021-23225 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | cacti | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2021-23225 |
| Ubuntu:25.10 | cacti | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2021-23225 |
| Ubuntu:26.04:LTS | cacti | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2021-23225 |
| Ubuntu:26.10 | cacti | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2021-23225 |
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-79
References
- https://www.cacti.net/info/changelog x_refsource_MISC
- [debian-lts-announce] 20220329 [SECURITY] [DLA 2965-1] cacti security update mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST