# CVE-2023-49088: Cacti has incomplete fix for CVE-2023-39515

> An authenticated attacker can execute malicious code in a victim's browser via stored XSS in Cacti's data debug page.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.1 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 22 Dec 2023
- **Updated:** 25 Feb 2026
- **Also known as:** CLEANSTART-2024-IP82482, DEBIAN-CVE-2023-49088, UBUNTU-CVE-2023-49088

## What is CVE-2023-49088?

CVE-2023-49088 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Cacti Cacti, published on 22 Dec 2023. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, 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. The fix applied for CVE-2023-39515 in version 1.2.25 is incomplete as it enables an adversary to have a victim browser execute malicious code when a victim user hovers their mouse over the malicious data source path in `data_debug.php`. To perform the cross-site scripting attack, the adversary needs to be an authorized cacti user with the following permissions: `General Administration>Sites/Devices/Data`. The victim of this attack could be any account with permissions to view `http://<HOST>/cacti/data_debug.php`. As of time of publication, no complete fix has been included in Cacti.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-49088?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Cacti Cacti.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-49088?

No fix published yet.

## Is CVE-2023-49088 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2023-49088 exists.

## 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-2023-49088 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-49088 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Cacti Cacti, published on 22 Dec 2023. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2023-49088 exists.

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-2023-49088/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-49088/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-49088
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-49088
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-49088

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-49088/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.