4.8
MEDIUM
CVE-2018-20724
Cacti Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability
Description

A cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability exists in pollers.php in Cacti before 1.2.0 due to lack of escaping of unintended characters in the Website Hostname for Data Collectors.

INFO

Published Date :

Jan. 16, 2019, 4:29 p.m.

Last Modified :

March 1, 2020, 10:15 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

2.7

Exploitability Score :

1.7
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2018-20724 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Cacti cacti

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2018-20724 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2018-20724 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Apr. 30, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-04/msg00048.html [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Apr. 28, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-04/msg00042.html [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Mar. 02, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00005.html [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Mar. 01, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00001.html [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Jan. 17, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 Metadata Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/Cacti/cacti/issues/2212 No Types Assigned https://github.com/Cacti/cacti/issues/2212 Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/Cacti/cacti/commit/1f42478506d83d188f68ce5ff41728a7bd159f53 No Types Assigned https://github.com/Cacti/cacti/commit/1f42478506d83d188f68ce5ff41728a7bd159f53 Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/Cacti/cacti/blob/develop/CHANGELOG No Types Assigned https://github.com/Cacti/cacti/blob/develop/CHANGELOG Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
    Added CWE CWE-79
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:cacti:cacti:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 1.2.0
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2018-20724 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2018-20724 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.11 }} -0.00%

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0.43439

percentile

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