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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2020-13231

🗓️ 30 Aug 2025 00:00:00Reported by TenableType 
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Cacti before 1.2.11 is vulnerable to CSRF that changes the admin email via auth_profile.php?action=edit (CVE-2020-13231) with no patch.

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Cacti Cross-Site Request Forgery Vulnerability (CNVD-2021-37698)
21 May 202000:00
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Cacti Cross-Site Scripting (CVE-2020-13231)
20 Jun 202000:00
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CVE-2020-13231
20 May 202013:54
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CVE-2020-13231
20 May 202013:54
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CVE-2020-13231
20 May 202013:54
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EUVD-2020-5500
7 Oct 202500:30
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Fedora
[SECURITY] Fedora 32 Update: cacti-1.2.12-1.fc32
5 Jun 202002:31
fedora
Fedora
[SECURITY] Fedora 31 Update: cacti-1.2.12-1.fc31
5 Jun 202002:40
fedora
Fedora
[SECURITY] Fedora 31 Update: cacti-spine-1.2.12-1.fc31
5 Jun 202002:40
fedora
Fedora
[SECURITY] Fedora 32 Update: cacti-spine-1.2.12-1.fc32
5 Jun 202002:31
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#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80900
##
# (C) Tenable, Inc.
##

include('compat.inc');

if (description)
{
  script_id(258290);
  script_version("1.1");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2025/08/30");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2020-13231");

  script_name(english:"Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2020-13231");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed with a vulnerability that the vendor indicates will not be
patched.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied
patch available.

  - In Cacti before 1.2.11, auth_profile.php?action=edit allows CSRF for an admin email change.
    (CVE-2020-13231)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-13231");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"There is no known solution at this time.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"agent", value:"unix");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:POC/RL:OF/RC:C");
  script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N");
  script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2020-13231");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"Exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"true");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vendor_unpatched", value:"true");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2020/05/20");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2025/08/30");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:-:lts");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:cacti");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_family(english:"Misc.");

  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2025 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info2.nasl", "set_linux_os_id.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/cpu", "Host/local_checks_enabled", "global_settings/vendor_unpatched", "Host/OS/identifier");
  script_require_ports("Host/OS/Ubuntu Linux-14.04");

  exit(0);
}

if (!get_kb_item("global_settings/vendor_unpatched")) exit(0, "Unpatched Vulnerabilities Detection not active.");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
if (empty_or_null(get_one_kb_item("Host/Debian/dpkg-l"))) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);

include('linux_unpatched.inc');

var distro_constraints_array = {
  "Ubuntu Linux-14.04": {
    "package_manager": "dpkg-l",
    "constraints": [
      {
        "release": "14.04",
        "pkgs": [
          {"reference": "cacti"}
        ]
      }
    ]
  }
};

var distro_constraints_values = linux_unpatched::get_distro_constraints(distro_constraints_arr:distro_constraints_array);
if (empty_or_null(distro_constraints_values)) audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, 'affected');
var report = linux_unpatched::check_unpatched_constraints(distro_constraints_values:distro_constraints_values);

if (!empty_or_null(report))
{
  security_report_v4(
      port       : 0,
      severity   : SECURITY_WARNING,
      extra      : report
  );
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, 'affected');
}

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30 Aug 2025 00:00Current
7.4High risk
Vulners AI Score7.4
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