CVE-2020-7237
Cacti 1.2.8 allows Remote Code Execution (by privileged users) via shell metacharacters in the Performance Boost Debug Log field of poller_automation.php. OS commands are executed when a new poller
02 Description
Cacti 1.2.8 allows Remote Code Execution (by privileged users) via shell metacharacters in the Performance Boost Debug Log field of poller_automation.php. OS commands are executed when a new poller
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 37.08% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 98.4% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 8.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2020-01-20 04:06Z6 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-04 09:25Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2020-01-20
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-78Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')Base
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 76c57f233000996bf8755182433238098a9f01e79526cc2e70200e28ae57edf7
05 Affected products
06 References
- github.comhttps://github.com/Cacti/cacti/issues/3201
- ctrsec.iohttps://ctrsec.io/index.php/2020/01/25/cve-2020-7237-remote-code-execution-in-cacti-rrdtool/
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2020-0fc6dd0fd2https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/SUSOTOIEJKD2IWJHN7TY56TDZJQZJUVJ/
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2020-90f1c8229ehttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/XLZAMGTW2OSIBLYLXWHQBGWP7M4DTRS7/
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2020:0272http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00001.html
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2020:0284http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00005.html
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-202003-40https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-40
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2020:0558http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-04/msg00042.html
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2020:0565http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-04/msg00048.html
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- cacti Fixed in 1.2.9+ds1-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- cacti Fixed in 1.2.9+ds1-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- cacti Fixed in 1.2.9+ds1-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS
- cacti No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS
- cacti No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS
- cacti No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.