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Vulnerability record · CVE-2009-4032 · published 29 November 2009

CVE-2009-4032: Cacti cross-site scripting vulnerability

Cacti · Cacti

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Cacti 0.8.7e allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via vectors related to (1) graph.php, (2) include/top_graph_header.php, (3) lib/html_form.php, and (4) lib/timespan_settings.php, as demonstrated by the (a) graph_end or (b) graph_start parameters to graph.php; (c) the date1 parameter in a tree action to graph_view.php; and the (d) page_refresh and (e) default_dual_pane_width parameters to graph_settings.php.

4.3 CVSS 2.0 Medium EPSS 5.7% · top 7.2% CWE-79 · Cross-site scripting
4.3CVSS 2.0 base score
5.7%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
48References
16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Cacti 0.8.7e allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via vectors related to (1) graph.php, (2) include/top_graph_header.php, (3) lib/html_form.php, and (4) lib/timespan_settings.php, as demonstrated by the (a) graph_end or (b) graph_start parameters to graph.php; (c) the date1 parameter in a tree action to graph_view.php; and the (d) page_refresh and (e) default_dual_pane_width parameters to graph_settings.php.

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2009-11/0292.html
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=294573
http://docs.cacti.net/#cross-site_scripting_fixes Patch
http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN09758120/index.html
http://jvndb.jvn.jp/ja/contents/2009/JVNDB-2009-003901.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/37481 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/37934 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/38087 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/41041 Vendor Advisory
http://www.cacti.net/download_patches.php
http://www.cacti.net/downloads/patches/0.8.7e/cross_site_fix.patch Patch
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/11/25/2 Patch
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/11/25/4 Patch
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/11/26/1
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/11/30/2
http://www.osvdb.org/60483
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/508129/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37109 Patch
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3325 PatchVendor Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2132
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/54388
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0635.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-December/msg01390.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2010-January/msg00166.html
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2009-11/0292.html
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=294573
http://docs.cacti.net/#cross-site_scripting_fixes Patch
http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN09758120/index.html
http://jvndb.jvn.jp/ja/contents/2009/JVNDB-2009-003901.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/37481 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/37934 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/38087 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/41041 Vendor Advisory
http://www.cacti.net/download_patches.php
http://www.cacti.net/downloads/patches/0.8.7e/cross_site_fix.patch Patch
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/11/25/2 Patch
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/11/25/4 Patch
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/11/26/1
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/11/30/2
http://www.osvdb.org/60483

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2009-4032), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-27). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.