Cacti before 1.2.18 allows remote attackers to trigger XSS via template import for the midwinter theme.

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-202412-02 (Cacti: Multiple Vulnerabilities)

    Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Cacti. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below     for details.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Gentoo Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 ESM / 18.04 ESM / 20.04 ESM host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-5214-1 advisory.

    It was discovered that Cacti was incorrectly validating permissions for user accounts that had been     recently disabled. An authenticated attacker could possibly use this to obtain unauthorized access to     application and system data. (CVE-2020-13230)

    It was discovered that Cacti was incorrectly performing authorization checks in auth_profile.php. A remote     unauthenticated attacker could use this to perform a CSRF attack and set a new admin email or make other     changes. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 ESM and Ubuntu 20.04 ESM. (CVE-2020-13231)

    It was discovered that Cacti incorrectly handled user provided input sent through request parameters to     the color.php script. A remote authenticated attacker could use this issue to perform SQL injection     attacks. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 ESM and Ubuntu 20.04 ESM. (CVE-2020-14295)

    It was discovered that Cacti did not properly escape file input fields when performing template import     operations for various themes. An authenticated attacker could use this to perform XSS attacks. This issue     only affected Ubuntu 18.04 ESM and Ubuntu 20.04 ESM. (CVE-2020-14424)

    It was discovered that Cacti incorrectly handled user provided input sent through request parameters to     the data_debug.php script. A remote authenticated attacker could use this issue to perform SQL injection     attacks. This issue only affected Ubuntu 20.04 ESM. (CVE-2020-35701)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote SUSE Linux SUSE15 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the openSUSE-SU-2021:1190-1 advisory.

  - Cacti before 1.2.18 allows remote attackers to trigger XSS via template import for the midwinter theme.
    (CVE-2020-14424)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
212184	GLSA-202412-02 : Cacti: Multiple Vulnerabilities	Nessus	Gentoo Local Security Checks	critical
183149	Ubuntu 16.04 ESM / 18.04 ESM / 20.04 ESM : Cacti vulnerabilities (USN-5214-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	high
152852	openSUSE 15 Security Update : cacti, cacti-spine (openSUSE-SU-2021:1190-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	medium

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CVE-2020-14424

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