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CVE-2002-1479

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.6 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2003-04-22 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Cacti before 0.6.8 stores a MySQL username and password in plaintext in config.php, which has world-readable permissions, which allows local users to modify databases as the Cacti user and possibly gain privileges.

Affected products

• The Cacti Group Cacti: 0.5, 0.6, 0.6.1, 0.6.2, 0.6.3, 0.6.4 (+4)

References

• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-09/0028.html
• http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10049.php
• http://www.knights-of-the-routing-table.org/advisories/krt_001_20020903_cacti.txt
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5628
• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-09/0028.html
• http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10049.php
• http://www.knights-of-the-routing-table.org/advisories/krt_001_20020903_cacti.txt
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5628

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