# CVE-2023-39360: Reflected Cross-site Scripting in graphs_new.php in Cacti

> An authenticated user can inject malicious scripts via the returnto parameter in graphs_new.php, allowing data poisoning and potential session hijacking.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.1 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/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:** 5 Sep 2023
- **Updated:** 13 Feb 2025
- **Also known as:** CLEANSTART-2024-WP19421, DEBIAN-CVE-2023-39360, GHSA-gx8c-xvjh-9qh4, UBUNTU-CVE-2023-39360

## What is CVE-2023-39360?

CVE-2023-39360 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Cacti Cacti, published on 5 Sep 2023. 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

Cacti is an open source operational monitoring and fault management framework.Affected versions are subject to a Stored Cross-Site-Scripting (XSS) Vulnerability allows an authenticated user to poison data. The vulnerability is found in `graphs_new.php`. Several validations are performed, but the `returnto` parameter is directly passed to `form_save_button`. In order to bypass this validation, returnto must contain `host.php`. This vulnerability has been addressed in version 1.2.25. Users are advised to upgrade. Users unable to update should manually filter HTML output.

Weakness: CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-39360?

It affects 2 products.


Products: Cacti Cacti, Fedoraproject Fedora.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-39360?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

## Is CVE-2023-39360 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-39360 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-2023-39360 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-39360 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Cacti Cacti, published on 5 Sep 2023. 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-2023-39360 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-2023-39360/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-39360/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-39360
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-39360
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-39360

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-39360/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.