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critical 9.1

CVE-2024-25641 in the critical feed json

Cacti RCE vulnerability when importing packages

published 2024-05-13 2 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2024-22957

cvss
9.1
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
86.3%
EPSS 86.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 99.7%
public exploits
2
Metasploit, Exploit-DB

Summary

Cacti provides an operational monitoring and fault management framework. Prior to version 1.2.27, an arbitrary file write vulnerability, exploitable through the "Package Import" feature, allows authenticated users having the "Import Templates" permission to execute arbitrary PHP code on the web server. The vulnerability is located within the `import_package()` function defined into the `/lib/import.php` script. The function blindly trusts the filename and file content provided within the XML data, and writes such files into the Cacti base path (or even outside, since path traversal sequences are not filtered). This can be exploited to write or overwrite arbitrary files on the web server, leading to execution of arbitrary PHP code or other security impacts. Version 1.2.27 contains a patch for this issue.

Patch / fix

  • the_cacti_group cacti 1.2.27
  • cacti Debian 12 1.2.24+ds1-1+deb12u3
  • cacti Debian 14, Debian 13 1.2.27+ds1-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2024-25641

  • cacti Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 1.2.10+ds1-1ubuntu1.1
  • cacti Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 1.2.19+ds1-2ubuntu1.1
  • cacti Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 1.2.26+ds1-1ubuntu0.1
  • cacti Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS 1.1.38+ds1-1ubuntu0.1~esm3

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2024-25641

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-spine Package Hub 15 SP6, openSUSE Leap 15.6 1.2.27-bp156.2.3.1
  • cacti Package Hub 15 SP6, openSUSE Leap 15.6 1.2.27-bp156.2.3.1
  • cacti-spine Package Hub 15 SP5, Package Hub 12, openSUSE Leap 15.5 1.2.27-bp155.2.9.1
  • cacti Package Hub 15 SP5, Package Hub 12, openSUSE Leap 15.5 1.2.27-bp155.2.9.1
  • cacti openSUSE Tumbleweed 1.2.27-1.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:0276-1openSUSE-SU-2024:0274-1openSUSE-SU-2024:13962-1

  • cacti Alpine 3.24, Alpine 3.23, Alpine 3.22 +3 more 1.2.27-r0

alpine advisories ALPINE-CVE-2024-25641

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-2024-25641 updated cvss 9.1

cacti: remote code execution vulnerability

  • 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_package_import_rce)
  2. Published

CISA SSVC

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

Exploit prediction

86.30% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99.7% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 9.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 3.1 7.2 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

  • Cacti cacti
  • the_cacti_group cacti

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation

References

Sources

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