CVE-2024-31443 Cacti XSS vulnerability in lib/html_tree.php by reading dirty data stored in database
Attackers can inject malicious scripts via unsanitized database data in Cacti, potentially leading to session hijacking or code execution.
- 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
What is CVE-2024-31443?
CVE-2024-31443 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Cacti Cacti, published on 13 May 2024. 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 provides an operational monitoring and fault management framework. Prior to 1.2.27, some of the data stored in `form_save()` function in `data_queries.php` is not thoroughly checked and is used to concatenate the HTML statement in `grow_right_pane_tree()` function from `lib/html.php` , finally resulting in cross-site scripting. Version 1.2.27 contains a patch for the issue.
Weakness: CWE-79
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-31443?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Cacti Cacti, Fedoraproject Fedora.
How do I fix CVE-2024-31443?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
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-2024-31443 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-31443 in the wild and no public exploit code.
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-ZQ94336, DEBIAN-CVE-2024-31443, GHSA-rqc8-78cm-85j3, UBUNTU-CVE-2024-31443.