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high 8.8

CVE-2016-3172 json

SQL injection vulnerability in tree.php in Cacti 0.8.8g and earlier allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary SQL commands via…

published 2016-04-12 10 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2016-4214

cvss
8.8
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
2.8%
EPSS 2.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 86%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

SQL injection vulnerability in tree.php in Cacti 0.8.8g and earlier allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the parent_id parameter in an item_edit action.

Patch / fix

  • cacti Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 0.8.8g+ds1-2

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2016-3172

  • cacti Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 0.8.8b+dfsg-5ubuntu0.2
  • cacti Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 0.8.8f+ds1-4ubuntu4.16.04.2

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2016-3172

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 0.8.8h-1.2

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:10084-1

  • cacti Alpine 3.3, Alpine 3.2 0.8.8g-r1

alpine advisories ALPINE-CVE-2016-3172

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-2016-3172 updated cvss 6.4

cacti: SQL injection vulnerability in /cacti/tree.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

2.83% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 86% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • bugs.cacti.net http://bugs.cacti.net/view.php?id=2667 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 8.8 CVSS:3.0/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

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