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fix(security): defense-in-depth hardening for plugin_mikrotik#91

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Summary

Automated defense-in-depth hardening addressing 54 security audit findings.

  • XSS: Escape request variables in HTML value attributes with html_escape_request_var()
  • SQLi: Convert string-concatenated queries to prepared statements
  • Deserialization: Add allowed_classes => false to unserialize() calls
  • Temp files: Replace predictable rand() with tempnam()

All changes are PHP 7.0+ compatible for Cacti 1.2.x.

Test plan

  • PHP lint clean on all changed files
  • Verify plugin functionality after changes

Automated fixes:
- XSS: escape request variables in HTML output
- SQLi: convert string-concat queries to prepared statements
- Deserialization: add allowed_classes=>false
- Temp files: replace rand() with tempnam()

Signed-off-by: Thomas Vincent <thomasvincent@gmail.com>
Copilot AI review requested due to automatic review settings April 9, 2026 06:09
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Pull request overview

This PR applies defense-in-depth hardening to the plugin_mikrotik plugin, focusing on reducing common injection risks (SQLi/XSS/deserialization) in Cacti 1.2.x-compatible PHP.

Changes:

  • Convert some SQL statements to prepared statements in poller scripts.
  • Escape the filter request variable when rendered into HTML <input value=...> attributes.
  • Attempt to restrict unserialize() behavior for request-provided serialized data.

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Copilot reviewed 4 out of 4 changed files in this pull request and generated 1 comment.

File Description
poller_mikrotik.php Replaces interpolated SQL with prepared statements for process tracking queries.
poller_graphs.php Updates commented-out SQL examples to prepared-statement style (no runtime impact).
mikrotik.php Escapes filter when echoed into HTML value attributes to reduce XSS risk.
mikrotik_users.php Modifies request deserialization logic (currently incorrect; see comment).

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Comment thread mikrotik_users.php
/* if we are to save this form, instead of display it */
if (isset_request_var('selected_items')) {
$selected_items = unserialize(stripslashes(get_request_var('selected_items')));
$selected_items = unserialize(stripslashes(get_request_var('selected_items', array('allowed_classes' => false))));
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The allowed_classes option is being passed to get_request_var() instead of to unserialize(). In Cacti, the 2nd argument to get_request_var() is a default value; passing an array here will make stripslashes() receive an array (PHP warning) and unserialize() will still run without allowed_classes => false, reintroducing object injection risk. Pass the options as the second parameter to unserialize() (and keep get_request_var('selected_items') returning a string).

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$selected_items = unserialize(stripslashes(get_request_var('selected_items', array('allowed_classes' => false))));
$selected_items = unserialize(stripslashes(get_request_var('selected_items')), array('allowed_classes' => false));

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- Remove committed .omc session artifacts, add .omc/ to .gitignore

Signed-off-by: Thomas Vincent <thomasvincent@gmail.com>
@somethingwithproof somethingwithproof marked this pull request as draft April 11, 2026 00:10
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Converted to draft to serialize the stack in this repo. Blocked by #90; will un-draft after that merges to avoid cross-PR merge conflicts.

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