CVE-2024-30268 Cacti XSS vulnerability in display_settings
Attackers can execute scripts to steal administrator cookies and hijack sessions in the Cacti monitoring framework.
- 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
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-30268?
CVE-2024-30268 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in cacti, published on 13 May 2024. 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 provides an operational monitoring and fault management framework. A reflected cross-site scripting vulnerability on the 1.3.x DEV branch allows attackers to obtain cookies of administrator and other users and fake their login using obtained cookies. This issue is fixed in commit a38b9046e9772612fda847b46308f9391a49891e.
Weakness: CWE-79
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-30268?
How do I fix CVE-2024-30268?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-30268 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
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-2024-30268 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-30268 exists.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-9m3v-whmr-pc2q, UBUNTU-CVE-2024-30268.