Medium severity · published Jan 19, 2022
CVE-2021-26247
As an unauthenticated remote user, visit "http://<CACTI_SERVER>/auth_changepassword.php?ref=<script>alert(1)</script>" to successfully execute the JavaScript payload present in…
6.1
CVSS
7.1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
As an unauthenticated remote user, visit "http://<CACTI_SERVER>/auth_changepassword.php?ref=<script>alert(1)</script>" to successfully execute the JavaScript payload present in the "ref" URL parameter.
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)7.1% · higher than 94% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
CA
Cacti · Cacti
0.8.7g · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-26247
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-26247
Vendor Advisory
https://www.cacti.net/info/changelog
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