| Name | CVE-2021-23225 |
| Description | Cacti 1.1.38 allows authenticated users with User Management permissions to inject arbitrary web script or HTML in the "new_username" field during creation of a new user via "Copy" method at user_admin.php. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DLA-2965-1, ELA-588-1 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| cacti (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 0.8.8b+dfsg-8+deb8u10 | fixed |
| stretch (security), stretch (lts), stretch | 0.8.8h+ds1-10+deb9u2 | fixed |
| buster | 1.2.2+ds1-2+deb10u4 | fixed |
| buster (security) | 1.2.2+ds1-2+deb10u6 | fixed |
| bullseye | 1.2.16+ds1-2+deb11u2 | fixed |
| bullseye (security) | 1.2.16+ds1-2+deb11u3 | fixed |
| bookworm | 1.2.24+ds1-1+deb12u1 | fixed |
| bookworm (security) | 1.2.24+ds1-1+deb12u2 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 1.2.26+ds1-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| cacti | source | jessie | 0.8.8b+dfsg-8+deb8u10 | | ELA-588-1 | |
| cacti | source | stretch | 0.8.8h+ds1-10+deb9u2 | | DLA-2965-1 | |
| cacti | source | (unstable) | 1.2.1+ds1-1 | | | |
Notes
https://github.com/Cacti/cacti/issues/1882
overlap with CVE-2020-7106 (registered earlier, but issue above is from 2018) which refactors user_admin.php XSS protection
input (not output) validation not addressed, malicious username still can be created after fix