CVE-2020-13230 Missing authorization in n/a
Disabling a user account in Cacti fails to immediately revoke permissions, allowing disabled users to retain access to sensitive data like logs.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2020-13230?
CVE-2020-13230 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Cacti Cacti, published on 20 May 2020. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
In Cacti before 1.2.11, disabling a user account does not immediately invalidate any permissions granted to that account (e.g., permission to view logs).
Weakness: CWE-281
Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-13230?
It affects 3 products.
Products include Cacti Cacti, Debian Debian Linux, Fedoraproject Fedora.
How do I fix CVE-2020-13230?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.
Is CVE-2020-13230 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-13230 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Cacti Cacti
- CVE-2022-46169 Cacti Command Injection
- CVE-2026-39893 Cacti: Pre-authentication SQL injection via rfilter RLIKE clause in graph_view.php
- CVE-2026-39938 Cacti: Unauthenticated RCE on Graph Image
- CVE-2026-39955 Cacti has Pre-Authentication SQL Injection via unanchored FILTER_VALIDATE_REGEXP in graph_view.php
- CVE-2023-39361 Unauthenticated SQL Injection in graph_view.php in Cacti
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2020-13230, GHSA-pqfc-vh74-fmv2, UBUNTU-CVE-2020-13230.