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CVE-2020-7106 json

Cacti 1.2.8 has stored XSS in data_sources.php, color_templates_item.php, graphs.php, graph_items.php, lib/api_automation.php, user_admin.p…

published 6y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2020-28240

cvss
6.1
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
2.2%
EPSS 2.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 82%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Cacti 1.2.8 has stored XSS in data_sources.php, color_templates_item.php, graphs.php, graph_items.php, lib/api_automation.php, user_admin.php, and user_group_admin.php, as demonstrated by the description parameter in data_sources.php (a raw string from the database that is displayed by $header to trigger the XSS).

Patch / fix

  • cacti cacti 1.2.9
  • cacti Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1.2.9+ds1-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2020-7106

  • cacti Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS 0.8.8b+dfsg-5ubuntu0.2+esm1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2020-7106

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • cacti openSUSE Tumbleweed 1.2.18-1.2
  • cacti-spine Package Hub 15 SP1, Package Hub 12, openSUSE Leap 15.1 1.2.12-bp151.4.9.1
  • cacti Package Hub 15 SP1, Package Hub 12, openSUSE Leap 15.1 1.2.12-bp151.4.9.1
  • cacti-spine Package Hub 15 SP1 1.2.11-bp151.4.6.1
  • cacti Package Hub 15 SP1 1.2.11-bp151.4.6.1
  • cacti-spine Package Hub 12, openSUSE Leap 15.1 1.2.11-2.1
  • cacti Package Hub 12, openSUSE Leap 15.1 1.2.11-5.1
  • cacti-spine Package Hub 15 SP1 1.2.9-bp151.4.3.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:10670-1openSUSE-SU-2020:0654-1openSUSE-SU-2020:0565-1openSUSE-SU-2020:0558-1openSUSE-SU-2020:0284-1openSUSE-SU-2020:0272-1

  • cacti Alpine 3.24, Alpine 3.23, Alpine 3.22 +11 more 1.2.8-r0

alpine advisories ALPINE-CVE-2020-7106

Alpine secdb © Alpine Linux, from https://secdb.alpinelinux.org via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

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Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2020-7106 updated cvss 6.1

cacti: XSS due to lack of escaping on some pages

  • Red Hat All currently supported Red Hat products
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

2.16% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 82% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • github.com https://github.com/Cacti/cacti/issues/3191 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 6.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
NVD 2.0 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation

References

Sources

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