CVE-2017-16660
Cacti 1.1.27 allows remote authenticated administrators to conduct Remote Code Execution attacks by placing the Log Path under the web root, and then making a remote_agent.php request containing PHP code in a Client-ip header.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (4.25%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Cacti 1.1.27 allows remote authenticated administrators to conduct Remote Code Execution attacks by placing the Log Path under the web root, and then making a remote_agent.php request containing PHP code in a Client-ip header.
- CVSS 3.0
- 7.2 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 4.25% probability · 91th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-668
- Affected
- cacti/cacti
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 4.2% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- https://github.com/Cacti/cacti/issues/1066Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch
- https://github.com/Cacti/cacti/issues/1066Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.