Code Injection in Cacti - CVE-2014-5261
Published: August 22, 2014 / Updated: August 10, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU41386
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2014-5261
CWE-ID: CWE-94
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: The Cacti Group, Inc.
Affected software:
Cacti
Cacti
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to read and manipulate data.
The graph settings script (graph_settings.php) in Cacti 0.8.8b and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in a font size, related to the rrdtool commandline in lib/rrd.php.
How to mitigate CVE-2014-5261
Install update from vendor's website.
Sources
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q3/351
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q3/386
- http://svn.cacti.net/viewvc?view=rev&revision=7454
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3007
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/69213
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1127165
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/95292
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201607-05