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high 7.2

CVE-2020-14295 in the critical feed json

A SQL injection issue in color.php in Cacti 1.2.12 allows an admin to inject SQL via the filter parameter.

published 2020-06-17 6 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2020-6448

cvss
7.2
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
86.1%
EPSS 86.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 99.7%
public exploits
2
Metasploit, Exploit-DB

Summary

A SQL injection issue in color.php in Cacti 1.2.12 allows an admin to inject SQL via the filter parameter. This can lead to remote command execution because the product accepts stacked queries.

Patch / fix

  • cacti Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1.2.13+ds1-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2020-14295

  • cacti Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS 1.1.38+ds1-1ubuntu0.1~esm1
  • cacti Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS 1.2.10+ds1-1ubuntu1+esm1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2020-14295

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • cacti openSUSE Tumbleweed 1.2.18-1.2
  • cacti-spine Package Hub 15 SP1 1.2.13-bp151.4.12.1
  • cacti Package Hub 15 SP1 1.2.13-bp151.4.12.1
  • cacti-spine Package Hub 12, openSUSE Leap 15.2, openSUSE Leap 15.1 1.2.13-8.1
  • cacti Package Hub 12, openSUSE Leap 15.2, openSUSE Leap 15.1 1.2.13-11.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:10670-1openSUSE-SU-2020:1106-1openSUSE-SU-2020:1060-1

  • cacti Alpine 3.24, Alpine 3.23, Alpine 3.22 +9 more 1.2.13-r0

alpine advisories ALPINE-CVE-2020-14295

Alpine secdb © Alpine Linux, from https://secdb.alpinelinux.org via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2020-14295 updated cvss 7.2

cacti: SQL injection in color.php can lead to remote command execution

  • Red Hat All currently supported Red Hat products
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (Metasploit exploit/unix/http/cacti_filter_sqli_rce)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

86.06% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99.7% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • Metasploit exploit/unix/http/cacti_filter_sqli_rce Cacti color filter authenticated SQLi to RCE metasploit exploit, excellent rank, 2020-06-17
  • EDB-49810 Cacti 1.2.12 - 'filter' SQL Injection webapps, 2021-04-29
  • github.com https://github.com/Cacti/cacti/issues/3622 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • packetstormsecurity.com http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/162384/Cacti-1.2.12-SQL-Injection-Remote-Code-Execution.html referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • packetstormsecurity.com http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/162918/Cacti-1.2.12-SQL-Injection-Remote-Command-Execution.html referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 7.2 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 6.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-89 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command

References

Sources

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