Vulnerability · Published Jan 19, 2022 · Assigned by redhat
CVE-2021-26247
Medium 6.1
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 7.1% (higher than 94% of all known vulnerabilities). Ready-made attack tooling exists: Nuclei. Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Severity (CVSS NVD)6.1Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)7.1%top 5.7% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack tooling1Nuclei
Official description
As an unauthenticated remote user, visit "http://<CACTI_SERVER>/auth_changepassword.php?ref=<script>alert(1)</script>" to successfully execute the JavaScript payload present in the "ref" URL parameter.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:12 | cacti | 0.8.7i-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2021-26247 |
| Debian:13 | cacti | 0.8.7i-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2021-26247 |
| Debian:14 | cacti | 0.8.7i-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2021-26247 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | cacti | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2021-26247 |
| Ubuntu:25.10 | cacti | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2021-26247 |
| Ubuntu:26.04:LTS | cacti | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2021-26247 |
| Ubuntu:26.10 | cacti | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2021-26247 |
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-79
References
- https://www.cacti.net/info/changelog x_refsource_MISC