What is CVE-2021-23225?

CVE-2021-23225 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cacti, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2022-01-19.

How severe is CVE-2021-23225?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.

XSS in Cacti

CVE-2021-23225

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.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.005 (41.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Cacti — versions 1.1.38
Debian Debian_linux — versions 9.0
N/a Cacti — versions 1.1.38

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_MISC, Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)
secalert@redhat.com (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-23225?: CVE-2021-23225 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cacti, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2022-01-19.
How severe is CVE-2021-23225?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.