CVE-2023-49084

Local File Inclusion (RCE) in Cacti

CVSS 3.1 High 8.1

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Description

Cacti is a robust performance and fault management framework and a frontend to RRDTool - a Time Series Database (TSDB). While using the detected SQL Injection and insufficient processing of the include file path, it is possible to execute arbitrary code on the server. Exploitation of the vulnerability is possible for an authorized user. The vulnerable component is the `link.php`. Impact of the vulnerability execution of arbitrary code on the server.

Key data

CVSS 3.1 High 8.1

Score published by GitHub_M in the CVE record.

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack vector: Network
The vulnerable component can be reached over a network, possibly from the Internet.
Attack complexity: High
The attack depends on conditions outside the attacker's control, so it takes preparation.
Privileges required: High
An account with significant privileges, such as an administrator, is needed.
User interaction: None
No action from any user is needed.
Scope: Changed
The impact can reach other components beyond the vulnerable one.
Confidentiality impact: High
Serious or total effect on the secrecy of data.
Integrity impact: High
Serious or total effect on the trustworthiness of data.
Availability impact: High
Serious or total effect on availability.

Metric	Value	What it means
Attack vector	Network	The vulnerable component can be reached over a network, possibly from the Internet.
Attack complexity	High	The attack depends on conditions outside the attacker's control, so it takes preparation.
Privileges required	High	An account with significant privileges, such as an administrator, is needed.
User interaction	None	No action from any user is needed.
Scope	Changed	The impact can reach other components beyond the vulnerable one.
Confidentiality impact	High	Serious or total effect on the secrecy of data.
Integrity impact	High	Serious or total effect on the trustworthiness of data.
Availability impact	High	Serious or total effect on availability.

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EPSS

Exploit Prediction Scoring System by FIRST: an estimate of the probability that exploitation activity will be observed in the next 30 days.

Score: 0.64448 (64.4% probability)
Percentile: 99.2%
Scores of: Nov 10, 2026
Model: v2026.06.15

CISA assessment as of Mar 26, 2024

Stakeholder-Specific Vulnerability Categorization (SSVC) decision points added by CISA.

Exploitation: Public proof of concept recorded by CISA
Automatable: no
Technical impact: total

Weakness (CWE)

CWE catalog version 5.0.

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

Affected products

Products listed in the CVE record, as the CNA published them.

cacti
- affected: = 1.2.25

References

Links listed in the CVE record. They lead to other sites, which CubePath does not control.

Timeline

ID reservedNov 21, 2023
Record publishedDec 21, 2023
Record last updatedFeb 25, 2026

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