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high 8.8

CVE-2020-35701 json

An issue was discovered in Cacti 1.2.x through 1.2.16.

published 2021-01-11 5 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2020-23359

cvss
8.8
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
4.8%
EPSS 4.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 91%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

An issue was discovered in Cacti 1.2.x through 1.2.16. A SQL injection vulnerability in data_debug.php allows remote authenticated attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the site_id parameter. This can lead to remote code execution.

Patch / fix

  • cacti Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1.2.16+ds1-2

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2020-35701

  • cacti Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS 1.2.10+ds1-1ubuntu1+esm1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2020-35701

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 SP2 1.2.17-bp152.2.7.1
  • cacti Package Hub 15 SP2 1.2.17-bp152.2.10.1
  • cacti-spine Package Hub 12, openSUSE Leap 15.2 1.2.17-14.1
  • cacti Package Hub 12, openSUSE Leap 15.2 1.2.17-20.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:10670-1openSUSE-SU-2021:0787-1openSUSE-SU-2021:0755-1

  • cacti Alpine 3.24, Alpine 3.23, Alpine 3.22 +9 more 1.2.17-r0

alpine advisories ALPINE-CVE-2020-35701

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

  • cacti Arch Linux 1.2.16-2

arch linux advisories AVG-1433

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-2020-35701 updated cvss 9.8

cacti: SQL injection vulnerability in data_debug.php

  • 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

Exploit prediction

4.76% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 91% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • asaf.me https://asaf.me/2020/12/15/cacti-1-2-0-to-1-2-16-sql-injection/ referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/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

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.