# CVE-2023-49088: Cacti has incomplete fix for CVE-2023-39515

- Severity: CVSS 6.1 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2023-12-22 · Updated: 2026-02-25

## Affected

- cacti: through 1.2.25

## Description

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 cacti user with the following permissions: `General Administration>Sites/Devices/Data`. The victim of this attack could be any account with permissions to view `http://<HOST>/cacti/data_debug.php`. As of time of publication, no complete fix has been included in Cacti.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on cacti, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/Cacti/cacti/security/advisories/GHSA-q7g7-gcf6-wh4x
- https://github.com/Cacti/cacti/security/advisories/GHSA-hrg9-qqqx-wc4h
- https://github.com/Cacti/cacti/blob/5f6f65c215d663a775950b2d9db35edbaf07d680/data_debug.php
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/03/msg00018.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/RBEOAFKRARQHTDIYSL723XAFJ2Q6624X/

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