LibreNMS has Broken Access control on Graphs Feature
Summary
This vulnerability occurs when application is not checking access of each type of users as per their role and it autorizing the users to access any feature. When user access his Device dashboard in librenms, one request is going to graph.php to access image of graphs generated on the particular Device. This request can be accessed by lower privileged users as well and they can enumerate devices on librenms with their id or hostname.
Details
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PoC
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Login with Lower privilege user
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Go to /graph.php?width=150&height=45&device=1&type=device_ping_perf&from=1699022192&legend=no&bg=FFFFFF00&popup_title=ICMP+Response
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If its showing image with "device*ping_perf" which confirms that there is device with id 1
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Now you can change device parameter in above URL with hostname to check if that Hostname/IP exist or not like http://127.0.0.1:8000/graph.php?width=150&height=45&device=127.0.0.1&type=device_ping_perf&from=1699022192&legend=no&bg=FFFFFF00&popup_title=ICMP+Response
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If device hostname doesn't exist then it should show 500 error
Check attached screenshots for more info
Vulnerable code: https://github.com/librenms/librenms/blob/fa93034edd40c130c2ff00667ca2498d84be6e69/html/graph.php#L19C1-L25C2
Above is vulnerable line of code from Line number 19-25 This is not checking privilege of users to access any device hostname, its just checking if user is authenticated or not
Impact
Low privilege users can see all devices registered by admin users by using this method
Solution
Implement privilege access control feature to check if low privilege user have access or not.
Screenshots:-
<img width="967" alt="Screenshot 2023-11-04 at 8 31 15 PM" src="https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/31764504/281085588-1c5d81b9-83d7-4ba8-baf3-03c95a99cefe.png"> <img width="973" alt="Screenshot 2023-11-04 at 8 31 36 PM" src="https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/31764504/281085614-7a4d13b0-d316-4d24-bdd2-05c3a80ffd59.png"> <img width="955" alt="Screenshot 2023-11-04 at 8 31 48 PM" src="https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/31764504/281085629-43aa2b6f-7b18-415f-8001-519bda45f918.png">Affected software
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| Platform | Package | Vulnerable versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| Composer package | librenms/librenms | < 23.11.0 | 23.11.0 |
References
- https://github.com/librenms/librenms/security/advisories/GHSA-fpq5-4vwm-78x4
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-48294
- https://github.com/librenms/librenms/commit/489978a923ed52aa243d3419889ca298a8a6a7cf
- https://github.com/librenms/librenms
- https://github.com/librenms/librenms/blob/fa93034edd40c130c2ff00667ca2498d84be6e69/html/graph.php#L19C1-L25C2
- CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N- Weakness (CWE)
CWE-200- Platform
- Composer
- Package
librenms/librenms- Disclosed
- 17.11.2023
- Updated
- 11.10.2026 10:22
Sources and licenses
OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - GHSA-fpq5-4vwm-78x4 - CC BY 4.0
Vulnerability history: librenms/librenms
All published vulnerabilities of this package (Composer package), newest first. Shows whether this is a one-off slip or a package that needs watching.
- Total entries
- 106
- First → latest
- 10.2019 08.2026
- Without a fix
- 6
- Exploited in attacks
- 0
Severity breakdown
- Critical 5
- High 39
- Medium 56
- Low 6
Disclosures per year
- 2019: 6
- 2020: 0
- 2021: 7
- 2022: 26
- 2023: 12
- 2024: 24
- 2025: 15
- 2026: 16
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