Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Cacti 0.8.7e allow remote…
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- — Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
- Attack complexity
- Medium
- Impact type
- Cross-site scripting
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · Partial · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-79.
Summary
Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Cacti 0.8.7e allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via vectors related to (1) graph.php, (2) include/top_graph_header.php, (3) lib/html_form.php, and (4) lib/timespan_settings.php, as demonstrated by the (a) graph_end or (b) graph_start parameters to graph.php; (c) the date1 parameter in a tree action to graph_view.php; and the (d) page_refresh and (e) default_dual_pane_width parameters to graph_settings.php.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
Red Hat 1 advisory
- RHSA-2010:0635 Released 2010-08-20 · Red Hat rating ImportantRed Hat High Performance Computing (HPC) Solution 5.5
- Red Hat HPC Solution for RHEL 5 Server GeoIP-1.4.7-0.1.20090931cvs.el5, GeoIP-devel-1.4.7-0.1.20090931cvs.el5, blacs-mvapich1-gnu-20000224-7 +47
Vendor assessments
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2009-4032
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-2chx-2wx9-x7f6
References
Patch 5
More Cacti vulnerabilities
- TI-2022-22813 Unauthenticated command injection in cacti KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2023-20500 Unauthenticated SQL Injection in graph_view.php in Cacti CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2024-16869 Cacti RCE vulnerability when importing packages CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.1
- TI-2024-20809 SQL Injection vulnerability in automation_get_new_graphs_sql CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2023-26750 Cacti SQL Injection vulnerability CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2025-18110 Cacti allows Arbitrary File Creation leading to RCE CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.7
Sources
- CVE-2009-4032 · CVE Program
- CVE-2009-4032 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-2chx-2wx9-x7f6 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2009-4032 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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