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Stored Cross-site Scripting (XSS) when creating external links in Cacti

Published Oct 7, 2024

Description

Cacti is an open source performance and fault management framework. The`consolenewsection` parameter is not properly sanitized when saving external links in links.php . Morever, the said consolenewsection parameter is stored in the database and reflected back to user in `index.php`, finally leading to stored XSS. Users with the privilege to create external links can manipulate the “consolenewsection” 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 vulnerability.

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Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner GitHub_M
Published Oct 7, 2024
Updated Nov 3, 2025
Reserved Aug 9, 2024
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated Oct 8, 2024
NVD
Status Modified
Modified Jun 17, 2026
Red Hat
Severity n/a
Public date n/a
ENISA EUVD
Assigner GitHub_M
Published Oct 7, 2024
Updated Nov 3, 2025
Exploited since n/a
EUVD-2024-40253