CVE-2023-49088 — Cacti is an open source operational monitoring and fault management framework

Cacti is an open source operational monitoring and fault management framework. The fix applied for CVE-2023-39515 in version 1.2.25 is incomplete as it enables an adversary to have a victim browser execute malicious code when a victim user hovers their mouse over the malicious da

01What is this vulnerability?

Cacti is an open source operational monitoring and fault management framework. The fix applied for CVE-2023-39515 in version 1.2.25 is incomplete as it enables an adversary to have a victim browser execute malicious code when a victim user hovers their mouse over the malicious data source path in `data_debug.php`. To perform the cross-site scripting attack, the adversary needs to be an authorized…

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Cacti	cacti	<= 1.2.25

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

08Timeline

• Published: 2023-12-22T16:16:53.348Z
• Last modified: 2026-02-25T16:34:32.172Z

09References

• github.com — https://github.com/Cacti/cacti/security/advisories/GHSA-q7g7-gcf6-wh4x
• github.com — https://github.com/Cacti/cacti/security/advisories/GHSA-hrg9-qqqx-wc4h
• github.com — https://github.com/Cacti/cacti/blob/5f6f65c215d663a775950b2d9db35edbaf07d680/dat…
• lists.debian.org — https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/03/msg00018.html
• lists.fedoraproject.org — https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]…