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high 8.8

CVE-2023-49085 in the critical feed json

Cacti SQL Injection vulnerability

published 2023-12-22 2 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2023-53100

cvss
8.8
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
74.5%
EPSS 74.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 99.4%
public exploits
1
Metasploit

Summary

Cacti provides an operational monitoring and fault management framework. In versions 1.2.25 and prior, it is possible to execute arbitrary SQL code through the `pollers.php` script. An authorized user may be able to execute arbitrary SQL code. The vulnerable component is the `pollers.php`. Impact of the vulnerability - arbitrary SQL code execution. As of time of publication, a patch does not appear to exist.

Patch / fix

  • cacti Debian 12 1.2.24+ds1-1+deb12u2
  • cacti Debian 14, Debian 13 1.2.26+ds1-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2023-49085

  • cacti openSUSE Tumbleweed 1.2.26-1.1
  • cacti-spine Package Hub 15 SP5, Package Hub 12, openSUSE Leap 15.5 1.2.26-bp155.2.6.1
  • cacti Package Hub 15 SP5, Package Hub 12, openSUSE Leap 15.5 1.2.26-bp155.2.6.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:13533-1openSUSE-SU-2024:0031-1

  • cacti Alpine 3.24, Alpine 3.23, Alpine 3.22 +4 more 1.2.26-r0

alpine advisories ALPINE-CVE-2023-49085

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-2023-49085 updated cvss 5.4

cacti: Multiple vulnerabilities

  • 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/multi/http/cacti_pollers_sqli_rce)
  2. Published

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
Proof of concept is public
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total
Assessed
2 y ago

Exploit prediction

74.45% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99.4% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • Metasploit exploit/multi/http/cacti_pollers_sqli_rce Cacti RCE via SQLi in pollers.php metasploit exploit, excellent rank, 2023-12-20
  • github.com https://github.com/Cacti/cacti/security/advisories/GHSA-vr3c-38wh-g855 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • github.com https://github.com/Cacti/cacti/blob/5f6f65c215d663a775950b2d9db35edbaf07d680/pollers.php#L451 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 3.1 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

  • Cacti cacti

Classification

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

References

Sources

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