CVE-2014-5261
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.
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 10.8%, higher than 96% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
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.
- CVSS 2.0
- 7.5 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 10.77% probability · 96th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-94
- Affected
- cacti/cacti
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 10.8% since 4 November 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q3/351
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q3/386
- http://svn.cacti.net/viewvc?view=rev&revision=7454Patch
- 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
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q3/351
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q3/386
- http://svn.cacti.net/viewvc?view=rev&revision=7454Patch
- 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
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.