THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2024-43363
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2024-43363

Cacti vulnerability

CVSS
7.2
EPSS
35.6%
EPSS pct
98th
Exploited
No known
Cacti is an open source performance and fault management framework. An admin user can create a device with a malicious hostname containing php code and repeat the installation process (completing only step 5 of the installation process is enough, no need to complete the steps before or after it) to use a php file as the cacti log file. After having the malicious hostname end up in the logs (log poisoning), one can simply go to the log file url to execute commands to achieve RCE. This issue has been addressed in version 1.2.28 and all users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.
Affected vendor
Cacti
Affected product
Cacti
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness type (CWE)
Published
2024-10-07

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring high privileges, no user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to high impact to confidentiality, high impact to integrity, high impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 35.6% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 98% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2024-43363

  • Confirm whether Cacti Cacti is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2024-43363.
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