CVE-2023-39516

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Users unable to upgrade should manually escape HTML output."}, {"lang": "es", "value": "Cacti es un framework de monitorizaci\u00f3n operativa y gesti\u00f3n de fallos de c\u00f3digo abierto. Las versiones afectadas est\u00e1n sujetas a una vulnerabilidad de Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) almacenado que permite a un usuario autenticado envenenar a los datos almacenados en la base de datos de cacti. Estos datos ser\u00e1n visualizados por las cuentas administrativas de cacti y ejecutar\u00e1n c\u00f3digo JavaScript en el navegador de la v\u00edctima en tiempo de visualizaci\u00f3n. El script bajo `data_sources.php` muestra la informaci\u00f3n de gesti\u00f3n de la fuente de datos (por ejemplo, ruta de la fuente de datos, configuraci\u00f3n de sondeo etc) para diferentes visualizaciones de datos de la aplicaci\u00f3n _cacti_. CENSUS descubri\u00f3 que un adversario que es capaz de configurar una ruta de fuente de datos maliciosa, puede implementar un ataque XSS almacenado contra cualquier usuario que tenga los mismos (o m\u00e1s amplios) privilegios. Un usuario que posea los permisos 'General Administration&gt;Sites/Devices/Data', puede configurar la ruta de la fuente de datos en Cacti. Esta configuraci\u00f3n ocurre a trav\u00e9s de `http:///cacti/data_sources.php`. La misma p\u00e1gina se puede utilizar para obtener una vista previa de la ruta de la fuente de datos. Este problema se solucion\u00f3 en la versi\u00f3n 1.2.25. Se recomienda a los usuarios que actualicen. 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