# CVE-2024-43362: Stored Cross-site Scripting (XSS) when creating external links in Cacti

> Attackers with link creation privileges can inject malicious scripts via the fileurl parameter, leading to stored XSS attacks against other users.

- **Severity:** High 7.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H`)
- **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:** 7 Oct 2024
- **Updated:** 3 Nov 2025
- **Also known as:** DEBIAN-CVE-2024-43362, GHSA-wh9c-v56x-v77c, UBUNTU-CVE-2024-43362

## What is CVE-2024-43362?

CVE-2024-43362 is a high-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Cacti Cacti, published on 7 Oct 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 is an open source performance and fault management framework. The `fileurl` parameter is not properly sanitized when saving external links in `links.php` . Morever, the said fileurl is placed in some html code which is passed to the `print` function in `link.php` and `index.php`, finally leading to stored XSS. Users with the privilege to create external links can manipulate the `fileurl` parameter in the http post request while creating external links to perform stored XSS attacks. The vulnerability known as XSS (Cross-Site Scripting) occurs when an application allows untrusted user input to be displayed on a web page without proper validation or escaping. This issue has been addressed in release version 1.2.28. All users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this issue.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-43362?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Cacti Cacti.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-43362?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

## Is CVE-2024-43362 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-43362 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-2024-43362 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-43362 is a high-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Cacti Cacti, published on 7 Oct 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, 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-2024-43362 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-2024-43362/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-43362/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-43362
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-43362
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-43362

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-43362/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.