Medium severity · published Nov 12, 2020
CVE-2020-25706
A cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability exists in templates_import.php (Cacti 1.2.13) due to Improper escaping of error message during template import preview in the xml_path…
6.1
CVSS
2.8%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
A cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability exists in templates_import.php (Cacti 1.2.13) due to Improper escaping of error message during template import preview in the xml_path field
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)2.8% · higher than 86% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
CA
Cacti · Cacti
1.2.13 · source: NVD
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
10.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-25706
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-25706
Exploit
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2020-25706
Patch
https://github.com/Cacti/cacti/commit/39458efcd5286d50e6b7f905fedcdc1059354e6e
Exploit
https://github.com/Cacti/cacti/issues/3723
Mailing List
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/12/msg00039.html
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