CVE-2023-39359 Authenticated SQL injection vulnerability in graphs.php in Cacti
Authenticated attackers can exploit SQL injection in graphs.php to escalate privileges and execute remote code in Cacti.
- 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-2023-39359?
CVE-2023-39359 is a high-severity SQL injection vulnerability in Cacti Cacti, published on 5 Sep 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Cacti is an open source operational monitoring and fault management framework. An authenticated SQL injection vulnerability was discovered which allows authenticated users to perform privilege escalation and remote code execution. The vulnerability resides in the `graphs.php` file. When dealing with the cases of ajax_hosts and ajax_hosts_noany, if the `site_id` parameter is greater than 0, it is directly reflected in the WHERE clause of the SQL statement. This creates an SQL injection vulnerability. This issue has been addressed in version 1.2.25. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.
Weakness: CWE-89
Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-39359?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Cacti Cacti, Fedoraproject Fedora.
How do I fix CVE-2023-39359?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Use parameterised queries everywhere and never build SQL by joining strings. Upgrade affected software first; a web application firewall only buys time. More about SQL injection.
Is CVE-2023-39359 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2023-39359 exists.
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 CLEANSTART-2024-DY69815, DEBIAN-CVE-2023-39359, GHSA-q4wh-3f9w-836h, UBUNTU-CVE-2023-39359.