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title: "CVE-2024-25641: Cacti RCE vulnerability when importing… | CubePath"
description: "Cacti provides an operational monitoring and fault management framework. Prior to version 1.2.27, an arbitrary file write vulnerability, exploitable…"
language: en
source: https://cubepath.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-25641
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# CVE-2024-25641: Cacti RCE vulnerability when importing… | CubePath

## Description

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.

Official description from the CVE record, published by GitHub\_M. Copyright © 1999-2026 The MITRE Corporation. See [/security/cve/legal](https://cubepath.com/security/cve/legal) for the CVE license. [View the record on cve.org](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-25641)

## Key data

### CVSS 3.1 Critical 9.1

Score published by GitHub\_M in the CVE record.

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

| Metric                 | Value   | What it means                                                                       |
| ---------------------- | ------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Attack vector          | Network | The vulnerable component can be reached over a network, possibly from the Internet. |
| Attack complexity      | Low     | No special conditions are needed. The attack can be repeated at will.               |
| 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

0.86303 (86.3% probability)

Percentile

99.7%

Scores of

Nov 10, 2026

Model

v2026.06.15

### CISA assessment as of May 17, 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 names: Copyright © 2006-2026, The MITRE Corporation. See [/security/cve/legal](https://cubepath.com/security/cve/legal) for the CWE license.

- [CWE-20](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/20.html) Improper Input Validation

## Affected products

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

- cacti

  - affected: < 1.2.27

## References

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

- [github.com/Cacti/cacti/security/advisories/GHSA-7cmj-g5qc-p…](https://github.com/Cacti/cacti/security/advisories/GHSA-7cmj-g5qc-pj88)
- [github.com/Cacti/cacti/commit/eff35b0ff26cc27c82d7880469ed6…](https://github.com/Cacti/cacti/commit/eff35b0ff26cc27c82d7880469ed6d5e3bef6210)
- [lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@list…](https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/RBEOAFKRARQHTDIYSL723XAFJ2Q6624X/)
- [seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/May/6](http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/May/6)
- [lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/09/msg00027.html](https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/09/msg00027.html)

## Timeline

1. ID reserved Feb 8, 2024
2. Record published May 13, 2024
3. Record last updated Nov 4, 2025

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