# CVE-2023-39364: Open redirect in change password functionality in Cacti

> Attackers can redirect Cacti users to malicious sites after password changes, facilitating phishing or malware distribution.

- **Severity:** Low 3.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **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-YU21875, DEBIAN-CVE-2023-39364, GHSA-4pjv-rmrp-r59x, UBUNTU-CVE-2023-39364

## What is CVE-2023-39364?

CVE-2023-39364 is a low-severity vulnerability in Cacti Cacti, published on 5 Sep 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, 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. In Cacti 1.2.24, users with console access can be redirected to an arbitrary website after a change password performed via a specifically crafted URL. The `auth_changepassword.php` file accepts `ref` as a URL parameter and reflects it in the form used to perform the change password. It's value is used to perform a redirect via `header` PHP function. A user can be tricked in performing the change password operation, e.g., via a phishing message, and then interacting with the malicious website where the redirection has been performed, e.g., downloading malwares, providing credentials, etc. 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-601 (URL Redirection to Untrusted Site)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-39364?

It affects 2 products.


Products: Cacti Cacti, Fedoraproject Fedora.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-39364?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

## Is CVE-2023-39364 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-39364 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-2023-39364 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-39364 is a low-severity vulnerability in Cacti Cacti, published on 5 Sep 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-39364 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-2023-39364/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-39364/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-39364
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-39364
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-39364

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-39364/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.