CVE-2020-8813
graph_realtime.php in Cacti 1.2.8 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary OS commands via shell metacharacters in a cookie, if a guest user has the graph real-time privilege.
02 Description
graph_realtime.php in Cacti 1.2.8 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary OS commands via shell metacharacters in a cookie, if a guest user has the graph real-time privilege.
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
- 73.95% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 99.4% 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
- 2020-02-22 00:00Z6 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-04 10:12Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2020-02-07
- 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
- dbbd6cb648335887683fbb1a73c738cc85160648d6569c8559644dda2b2f191a
05 Affected products
06 References
- gist.github.comhttps://gist.github.com/mhaskar/ebe6b74c32fd0f7e1eedf1aabfd44129
- drive.google.comhttps://drive.google.com/file/d/1A8hxTyk_NgSp04zPX-23nPbsSDeyDFio/view
- github.comhttps://github.com/Cacti/cacti/releases
- shells.systemshttps://shells.systems/cacti-v1-2-8-authenticated-remote-code-execution-cve-2020-8813/
- github.comhttps://github.com/Cacti/cacti/issues/3285
- packetstormsecurity.comhttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/156538/Cacti-1.2.8-Authenticated-Remote-Code-Execution.html
- packetstormsecurity.comhttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/156537/Cacti-1.2.8-Unauthenticated-Remote-Code-Execution.html
- packetstormsecurity.comhttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/156593/Cacti-1.2.8-Unauthenticated-Remote-Code-Execution.html
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2020-552e4e7879https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/M77SS33IDVNGBU566TK2XVULPW3RXUQ4/
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2020-10fe60d68bhttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/XEMDQXDRNQYXOME7TACKDVCXZXZNGZE2/
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2020-d6a9e27bb1https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/WAX3LDXPIKWNBGVZSIMZV7LI5K6BZRTO/
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2020:0558http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-04/msg00042.html
- packetstormsecurity.comhttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/157477/Open-AudIT-Professional-3.3.1-Remote-Code-Execution.html
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2020:0565http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-04/msg00048.html
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-202004-16https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202004-16
- lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20221231 [SECURITY] [DLA 3252-1] cacti security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/12/msg00039.html
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- cacti Fixed in 1.2.10+ds1-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- cacti Fixed in 1.2.10+ds1-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- cacti Fixed in 1.2.10+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 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.