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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2021-23225

Cacti 1.1.38 allows authenticated users with User Management permissions to inject arbitrary web script or HTML in the "new_username" field during creation of a new user via "Copy" method at user_admin.php.

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1 Nov 2026, 05:01 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CVE-2021-23225

core-osv · Original source

Published 19 Jan 2022, 21:15 UTC

Cacti 1.1.38 allows authenticated users with User Management permissions to inject arbitrary web script or HTML in the "new_username" field during creation of a new user via "Copy" method at user_admin.php.

osv:CVE-2021-23225
Complete source record
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  "id": "72732e16cc83d3dd7d1f846b5f8b7444f84ebab291879ccae6959004f60c615e",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-23225",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2021-23225",
    "summary": "Cacti 1.1.38 allows authenticated users with User Management permissions to inject arbitrary web script or HTML in the \"new_username\" field during creation of a new user via \"Copy\" method at user_admin.php.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2021-23225",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "medium",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2021-23225",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2021-23225"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/cacti/cacti",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0e115a7a70dd9b3baac9f9d008b0ab9f27c33659"
                },
                {
                  "last_affected": "0e115a7a70dd9b3baac9f9d008b0ab9f27c33659"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:cacti:cacti:1.1.38:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "1.1.38"
                      },
                      {
                        "last_affected": "1.1.38"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_STRING"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "1.1.38",
            "release/1.1.38"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2021-23225.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:23.810117269Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/03/msg00038.html",
        "https://www.cacti.net/info/changelog"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {
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              "cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
            ],
            "vendor_product": "debian:debian_linux",
            "extracted_events": [
              {
                "range": [
                  {
                    "introduced": "9.0"
                  },
                  {
                    "last_affected": "9.0"
                  }
                ],
                "source": "CPE_STRING"
              }
            ]
          }
        ]
      }
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2021-23225",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 431012,
  "published_at": "2022-01-19T21:15:08.087+00:00"
}