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TI-2021-05983 Aliases CVE-2021-23225GHSA-m54w-jgp2-mf5q

Cross-site scripting in Cacti

Priority LOW 25CWE-79Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
Required
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Cross-site scripting
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Low · Low · None
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-79.

Summary

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.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.00532 45th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
—Cacti1.1.38—No fix listedCNA
  • Cacti Vendor— Affected 1.1.38 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 2

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:cacti:cacti:1.1.38:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.1.38VulnerableCacti
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*9.0VulnerableDebian
  • cpe:2.3:a:cacti:cacti:1.1.38:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.1.38 Vulnerable ·Cacti
  • cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 9.0 Vulnerable ·Debian

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

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Not affected: 1 product
  • Red Hat

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2021-23225
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-m54w-jgp2-mf5q

References

Advisory 2

Sources

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