Vulnerabilities > CVE-2010-2543 - Cross-site Scripting vulnerability in Cacti

047910
CVSS 0.0 - NONE
Attack vector
UNKNOWN
Attack complexity
UNKNOWN
Privileges required
UNKNOWN
Confidentiality impact
UNKNOWN
Integrity impact
UNKNOWN
Availability impact
UNKNOWN
cacti
CWE-79
nessus
exploit available

Summary

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in include/top_graph_header.php in Cacti before 0.8.7g allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the graph_start parameter to graph.php. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incorrect fix for CVE-2009-4032.2.b.

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

  • Cross Site Scripting through Log Files
    An attacker may leverage a system weakness where logs are susceptible to log injection to insert scripts into the system's logs. If these logs are later viewed by an administrator through a thin administrative interface and the log data is not properly HTML encoded before being written to the page, the attackers' scripts stored in the log will be executed in the administrative interface with potentially serious consequences. This attack pattern is really a combination of two other attack patterns: log injection and stored cross site scripting.
  • Embedding Scripts in Non-Script Elements
    This attack is a form of Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) where malicious scripts are embedded in elements that are not expected to host scripts such as image tags (<img>), comments in XML documents (< !-CDATA->), etc. These tags may not be subject to the same input validation, output validation, and other content filtering and checking routines, so this can create an opportunity for an attacker to tunnel through the application's elements and launch a XSS attack through other elements. As with all remote attacks, it is important to differentiate the ability to launch an attack (such as probing an internal network for unpatched servers) and the ability of the remote attacker to collect and interpret the output of said attack.
  • Embedding Scripts within Scripts
    An attack of this type exploits a programs' vulnerabilities that are brought on by allowing remote hosts to execute scripts. The attacker leverages this capability to execute scripts to execute his/her own script by embedding it within other scripts that the target software is likely to execute. The attacker must have the ability to inject script into script that is likely to be executed. If this is done, then the attacker can potentially launch a variety of probes and attacks against the web server's local environment, in many cases the so-called DMZ, back end resources the web server can communicate with, and other hosts. With the proliferation of intermediaries, such as Web App Firewalls, network devices, and even printers having JVMs and Web servers, there are many locales where an attacker can inject malicious scripts. Since this attack pattern defines scripts within scripts, there are likely privileges to execute said attack on the host. Of course, these attacks are not solely limited to the server side, client side scripts like Ajax and client side JavaScript can contain malicious scripts as well. In general all that is required is for there to be sufficient privileges to execute a script, but not protected against writing.
  • Cross-Site Scripting in Error Pages
    An attacker distributes a link (or possibly some other query structure) with a request to a third party web server that is malformed and also contains a block of exploit code in order to have the exploit become live code in the resulting error page. When the third party web server receives the crafted request and notes the error it then creates an error message that echoes the malformed message, including the exploit. Doing this converts the exploit portion of the message into to valid language elements that are executed by the viewing browser. When a victim executes the query provided by the attacker the infected error message error message is returned including the exploit code which then runs in the victim's browser. XSS can result in execution of code as well as data leakage (e.g. session cookies can be sent to the attacker). This type of attack is especially dangerous since the exploit appears to come from the third party web server, who the victim may trust and hence be more vulnerable to deception.
  • Cross-Site Scripting Using Alternate Syntax
    The attacker uses alternate forms of keywords or commands that result in the same action as the primary form but which may not be caught by filters. For example, many keywords are processed in a case insensitive manner. If the site's web filtering algorithm does not convert all tags into a consistent case before the comparison with forbidden keywords it is possible to bypass filters (e.g., incomplete black lists) by using an alternate case structure. For example, the "script" tag using the alternate forms of "Script" or "ScRiPt" may bypass filters where "script" is the only form tested. Other variants using different syntax representations are also possible as well as using pollution meta-characters or entities that are eventually ignored by the rendering engine. The attack can result in the execution of otherwise prohibited functionality.

Exploit-Db

descriptionCacti 0.8.7e: Multiple Security Issues. CVE-2009-4032,CVE-2010-2543. Webapps exploit for php platform
idEDB-ID:10234
last seen2016-02-01
modified2009-11-26
published2009-11-26
reporterMoritz Naumann
sourcehttps://www.exploit-db.com/download/10234/
titleCacti 0.8.7e: Multiple Security Issues

Nessus

  • NASL familyDebian Local Security Checks
    NASL idDEBIAN_DSA-1954.NASL
    descriptionSeveral vulnerabilities have been found in cacti, a frontend to rrdtool for monitoring systems and services. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems : - CVE-2007-3112, CVE-2007-3113 It was discovered that cacti is prone to a denial of service via the graph_height, graph_width, graph_start and graph_end parameters. This issue only affects the oldstable (etch) version of cacti. - CVE-2009-4032 It was discovered that cacti is prone to several cross-site scripting attacks via different vectors. - CVE-2009-4112 It has been discovered that cacti allows authenticated administrator users to gain access to the host system by executing arbitrary commands via the
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id44819
    published2010-02-24
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2010-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/44819
    titleDebian DSA-1954-1 : cacti - insufficient input sanitising
    code
    #%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80502
    #
    # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    #
    # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were  
    # extracted from Debian Security Advisory DSA-1954. The text 
    # itself is copyright (C) Software in the Public Interest, Inc.
    #
    
    include("compat.inc");
    
    if (description)
    {
      script_id(44819);
      script_version("1.11");
      script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/08/02 13:32:22");
    
      script_cve_id("CVE-2007-3112", "CVE-2007-3113", "CVE-2009-4032", "CVE-2010-2543");
      script_bugtraq_id(37109);
      script_xref(name:"DSA", value:"1954");
    
      script_name(english:"Debian DSA-1954-1 : cacti - insufficient input sanitising");
      script_summary(english:"Checks dpkg output for the updated package");
    
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"synopsis", 
        value:"The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update."
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"description", 
        value:
    "Several vulnerabilities have been found in cacti, a frontend to
    rrdtool for monitoring systems and services. The Common
    Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following
    problems :
    
      - CVE-2007-3112, CVE-2007-3113
        It was discovered that cacti is prone to a denial of
        service via the graph_height, graph_width, graph_start
        and graph_end parameters. This issue only affects the
        oldstable (etch) version of cacti.
    
      - CVE-2009-4032
        It was discovered that cacti is prone to several
        cross-site scripting attacks via different vectors.
    
      - CVE-2009-4112
        It has been discovered that cacti allows authenticated
        administrator users to gain access to the host system by
        executing arbitrary commands via the 'Data Input Method'
        for the 'Linux - Get Memory Usage' setting.
    
      There is no fix for this issue at this stage. Upstream will
      implement a whitelist policy to only allow certain 'safe' commands.
      For the moment, we recommend that such access is only given to
      trusted users and that the options 'Data Input' and 'User
      Administration' are otherwise deactivated."
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=429224"
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2007-3112"
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2007-3113"
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2009-4032"
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2009-4112"
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"https://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1954"
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"solution", 
        value:
    "Upgrade the cacti packages.
    
    For the oldstable distribution (etch), these problems have been fixed
    in version 0.8.6i-3.6.
    
    For the stable distribution (lenny), this problem has been fixed in
    version 0.8.7b-2.1+lenny1."
      );
      script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C");
      script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:POC/RL:OF/RC:C");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"Exploits are available");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"true");
      script_cwe_id(79);
    
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:cacti");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:4.0");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:5.0");
    
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2009/12/16");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2010/02/24");
      script_end_attributes();
    
      script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
      script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2010-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
      script_family(english:"Debian Local Security Checks");
    
      script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
      script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/Debian/release", "Host/Debian/dpkg-l");
    
      exit(0);
    }
    
    
    include("audit.inc");
    include("debian_package.inc");
    
    
    if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
    if (!get_kb_item("Host/Debian/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Debian");
    if (!get_kb_item("Host/Debian/dpkg-l")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);
    
    
    flag = 0;
    if (deb_check(release:"4.0", prefix:"cacti", reference:"0.8.6i-3.6")) flag++;
    if (deb_check(release:"5.0", prefix:"cacti", reference:"0.8.7b-2.1+lenny1")) flag++;
    
    if (flag)
    {
      if (report_verbosity > 0) security_hole(port:0, extra:deb_report_get());
      else security_hole(0);
      exit(0);
    }
    else audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "affected");
    
  • NASL familyDebian Local Security Checks
    NASL idDEBIAN_DSA-2384.NASL
    descriptionSeveral vulnerabilities have been discovered in Cacti, a graphing tool for monitoring data. Multiple cross site scripting issues allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML. A SQL injection vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands.
    last seen2020-03-17
    modified2012-01-12
    plugin id57524
    published2012-01-12
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2012-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/57524
    titleDebian DSA-2384-2 : cacti - several vulnerabilities
    code
    #%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80502
    #
    # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    #
    # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were  
    # extracted from Debian Security Advisory DSA-2384. The text 
    # itself is copyright (C) Software in the Public Interest, Inc.
    #
    
    include("compat.inc");
    
    if (description)
    {
      script_id(57524);
      script_version("1.12");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2020/03/12");
    
      script_cve_id("CVE-2010-1644", "CVE-2010-1645", "CVE-2010-2543", "CVE-2010-2545", "CVE-2011-4824");
      script_bugtraq_id(37109, 39639, 40332, 42575, 50671);
      script_xref(name:"DSA", value:"2384");
    
      script_name(english:"Debian DSA-2384-2 : cacti - several vulnerabilities");
      script_summary(english:"Checks dpkg output for the updated package");
    
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"synopsis", 
        value:"The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update."
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"description", 
        value:
    "Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in Cacti, a graphing tool
    for monitoring data. Multiple cross site scripting issues allow remote
    attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML. A SQL injection
    vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL
    commands."
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"https://packages.debian.org/source/squeeze/cacti"
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"https://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2384"
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"solution", 
        value:
    "Upgrade the cacti packages.
    
    For the oldstable distribution (lenny), this problem has been fixed in
    version 0.8.7b-2.1+lenny5.
    
    For the stable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in
    version 0.8.7g-1+squeeze1."
      );
      script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
      script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:POC/RL:OF/RC:C");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"Exploits are available");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"true");
    
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:cacti");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:5.0");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:6.0");
    
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2010/08/23");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2012/02/04");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2012/01/12");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
      script_end_attributes();
    
      script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
      script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2012-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
      script_family(english:"Debian Local Security Checks");
    
      script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
      script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/Debian/release", "Host/Debian/dpkg-l");
    
      exit(0);
    }
    
    
    include("audit.inc");
    include("debian_package.inc");
    
    
    if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
    if (!get_kb_item("Host/Debian/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Debian");
    if (!get_kb_item("Host/Debian/dpkg-l")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);
    
    
    flag = 0;
    if (deb_check(release:"5.0", prefix:"cacti", reference:"0.8.7b-2.1+lenny5")) flag++;
    if (deb_check(release:"6.0", prefix:"cacti", reference:"0.8.7g-1+squeeze1")) flag++;
    
    if (flag)
    {
      if (report_verbosity > 0) security_hole(port:0, extra:deb_report_get());
      else security_hole(0);
      exit(0);
    }
    else audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "affected");
    
  • NASL familyGentoo Local Security Checks
    NASL idGENTOO_GLSA-201401-20.NASL
    descriptionThe remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201401-20 (Cacti: Multiple vulnerabilities) Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Cacti. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details. Impact : A remote attacker could execute arbitrary SQL commands via specially crafted parameters, execute arbitrary shell code or inject malicious script code. Workaround : There is no known workaround at this time.
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id72075
    published2014-01-22
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2014-2018 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/72075
    titleGLSA-201401-20 : Cacti: Multiple vulnerabilities
    code
    #
    # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    #
    # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
    # extracted from Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201401-20.
    #
    # The advisory text is Copyright (C) 2001-2015 Gentoo Foundation, Inc.
    # and licensed under the Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike 
    # license. See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
    #
    
    include("compat.inc");
    
    if (description)
    {
      script_id(72075);
      script_version("1.5");
      script_cvs_date("Date: 2018/12/05 20:31:22");
    
      script_cve_id("CVE-2010-1644", "CVE-2010-1645", "CVE-2010-2092", "CVE-2010-2543", "CVE-2010-2544", "CVE-2010-2545", "CVE-2013-1434", "CVE-2013-1435");
      script_bugtraq_id(37109, 39639, 40149, 40332, 42575, 61657, 61847);
      script_xref(name:"GLSA", value:"201401-20");
    
      script_name(english:"GLSA-201401-20 : Cacti: Multiple vulnerabilities");
      script_summary(english:"Checks for updated package(s) in /var/db/pkg");
    
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"synopsis", 
        value:
    "The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related
    patches."
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"description", 
        value:
    "The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201401-20
    (Cacti: Multiple vulnerabilities)
    
        Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Cacti. Please review
          the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
      
    Impact :
    
        A remote attacker could execute arbitrary SQL commands via specially
          crafted parameters, execute arbitrary shell code or inject malicious
          script code.
      
    Workaround :
    
        There is no known workaround at this time."
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201401-20"
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"solution", 
        value:
    "All Cacti users should upgrade to the latest version:
          # emerge --sync
          # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=net-analyzer/cacti-0.8.8b'"
      );
      script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
      script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:POC/RL:OF/RC:C");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"Exploits are available");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"true");
    
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:cacti");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:gentoo:linux");
    
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2014/01/21");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2014/01/22");
      script_end_attributes();
    
      script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
      script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2014-2018 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
      script_family(english:"Gentoo Local Security Checks");
    
      script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
      script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/Gentoo/release", "Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list");
    
      exit(0);
    }
    
    
    include("audit.inc");
    include("global_settings.inc");
    include("qpkg.inc");
    
    if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
    if (!get_kb_item("Host/Gentoo/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Gentoo");
    if (!get_kb_item("Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);
    
    
    flag = 0;
    
    if (qpkg_check(package:"net-analyzer/cacti", unaffected:make_list("ge 0.8.8b"), vulnerable:make_list("lt 0.8.8b"))) flag++;
    
    if (flag)
    {
      if (report_verbosity > 0) security_hole(port:0, extra:qpkg_report_get());
      else security_hole(0);
      exit(0);
    }
    else
    {
      tested = qpkg_tests_get();
      if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
      else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "Cacti");
    }