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Fencer Vulns
high 8.1

CVE-2024-31459 json

Cacti RCE vulnerability by file include in lib/plugin.php

published 2024-05-13 2 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2024-29341

cvss
8.1
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
2.7%
EPSS 2.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 85%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Cacti provides an operational monitoring and fault management framework. Prior to version 1.2.27, there is a file inclusion issue in the `lib/plugin.php` file. Combined with SQL injection vulnerabilities, remote code execution can be implemented. There is a file inclusion issue with the `api_plugin_hook()` function in the `lib/plugin.php` file, which reads the plugin_hooks and plugin_config tables in database. The read data is directly used to concatenate the file path which is used for file inclusion. Version 1.2.27 contains a patch for the issue.

Patch / fix

  • Cacti 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-2024-31459

  • 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 14.04 LTS 0.8.8b+dfsg-5ubuntu0.2+esm2
  • cacti Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS 0.8.8f+ds1-4ubuntu4.16.04.2+esm2
  • cacti Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS 1.1.38+ds1-1ubuntu0.1~esm3

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2024-31459

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-2024-31459

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-2024-31459 updated

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

CISA SSVC

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

Exploit prediction

2.68% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 85% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • github.com https://github.com/Cacti/cacti/security/advisories/GHSA-cx8g-hvq8-p2rv referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • github.com https://github.com/Cacti/cacti/security/advisories/GHSA-gj3f-p326-gh8r referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • github.com https://github.com/Cacti/cacti/security/advisories/GHSA-pfh9-gwm6-86vp referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 8.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/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

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-98 Improper Control of Filename for Include/Require Statement in PHP Program

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.

CPEs and fixed versions use Anchore's correction of NVD's data: Added CPE configurations because not yet analyzed by NVD.