CVE-2008-0783 EXPLOIT
4.3
MEDIUM · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 5.2% (pctl 92)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Cacti 0.8.7 before 0.8.7b and 0.8.6 before 0.8.6k allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via (1) the view_type parameter to graph.php; (2) the filter parameter to graph_view.php; (3) the action parameter to the draw_navigation_text function in lib/functions.php, reachable through index.php (aka the login page) or data_input.php; or (4) the login_username parameter to index.php.
Scoring
| CVSS | 4.3 (MEDIUM, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
| EPSS | 5.25% — more likely to be exploited than 92% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-79 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2008-02-14 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| cacti | cacti |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | Cacti 0.8.7 - 'graph.php?view_type' Cross-Site Scripting | 2008-02-12 |
| exploit-db | Cacti 0.8.7 - 'graph_view.php?filter' Cross-Site Scripting | 2008-02-12 |
References
- http://bugs.cacti.net/view.php?id=1245
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-03/msg00001.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28872
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28976
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29242
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29274
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30045
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200803-18.xml
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3657
- http://www.cacti.net/release_notes_0_8_7b.php
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1569
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:052
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/488013/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/488018/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27749
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34991
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019414
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0540
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=432758
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/50575
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