CVE-2023-39359: Authenticated SQL injection vulnerability in graphs.php in Cacti

Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2023-09-05 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-89

Description

Cacti is an open source operational monitoring and fault management framework. An authenticated SQL injection vulnerability was discovered which allows authenticated users to perform privilege escalation and remote code execution. The vulnerability resides in the `graphs.php` file. When dealing with the cases of ajax_hosts and ajax_hosts_noany, if the `site_id` parameter is greater than 0, it is directly reflected in the WHERE clause of the SQL statement. This creates an SQL injection vulnerability. This issue has been addressed in version 1.2.25. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.

Affected products

cacti: before 1.2.25 — fixed in 1.2.25
Fedoraproject Fedora: 37, 38

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: cacti 1.2.25. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

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