CVE-2020-23226 Cross-site scripting in n/a
Attackers can inject malicious scripts into Cacti admin pages, potentially stealing sessions or executing code in victim browsers.
- 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
What is CVE-2020-23226?
CVE-2020-23226 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Cacti Cacti, published on 27 Aug 2021. 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
Multiple Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulneratiblities exist in Cacti 1.2.12 in (1) reports_admin.php, (2) data_queries.php, (3) data_input.php, (4) graph_templates.php, (5) graphs.php, (6) reports_admin.php, and (7) data_input.php.
Weakness: CWE-79
Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-23226?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Cacti Cacti, Debian Debian Linux.
How do I fix CVE-2020-23226?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Escape output for the context it lands in and set a strict Content Security Policy. Upgrading the affected component is the real fix. More about Cross-site scripting.
Is CVE-2020-23226 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-23226 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-2020-23226, GHSA-9q9c-4r34-4wcw, UBUNTU-CVE-2020-23226.