# CVE-2020-13231: Cross-site request forgery in n/a

> Cross-site request forgery in Cacti allows attackers to change admin email addresses, potentially leading to account takeover.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 20 May 2020
- **Updated:** 4 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** DEBIAN-CVE-2020-13231, GHSA-x74c-6f97-qx3g, UBUNTU-CVE-2020-13231

## What is CVE-2020-13231?

CVE-2020-13231 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cacti Cacti, published on 20 May 2020. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

In Cacti before 1.2.11, auth_profile.php?action=edit allows CSRF for an admin email change.

Weakness: CWE-352 (Cross-Site Request Forgery)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-13231?

It affects 2 products.


Products: Cacti Cacti, Fedoraproject Fedora.

## How do I fix CVE-2020-13231?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

## Is CVE-2020-13231 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-13231 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Cacti Cacti

- [CVE-2022-46169](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-46169/): Cacti Command Injection (critical 9.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2026-39893](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-39893/): Cacti: Pre-authentication SQL injection via rfilter RLIKE clause in graph_view.php (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2026-39938](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-39938/): Cacti: Unauthenticated RCE on Graph Image (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2026-39955](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-39955/): Cacti has Pre-Authentication SQL Injection via unanchored FILTER_VALIDATE_REGEXP in graph_view.php (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2023-39361](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-39361/): Unauthenticated SQL Injection in graph_view.php in Cacti (critical 9.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2020-13231 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2020-13231 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cacti Cacti, published on 20 May 2020. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-13231 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Cacti Cacti. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-13231/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-13231/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-13231
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-13231
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-13231

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-13231/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.