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.
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 74.0%, higher than 99% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
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.
- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 73.96% probability · 99th percentile
- Public exploits
- 2 in Exploit-DB · first 3 February 2020
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-78
- Affected
- cacti/cacti · fedoraproject/fedora · opmantek/open-audit · opensuse/suse package hub · debian/debian linux
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 74.0% since 3 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.
Public exploits (2)
Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-04/msg00042.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-04/msg00048.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/156537/Cacti-1.2.8-Unauthenticated-Remote-Code-Execution.htmlThird Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/156538/Cacti-1.2.8-Authenticated-Remote-Code-Execution.htmlThird Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/156593/Cacti-1.2.8-Unauthenticated-Remote-Code-Execution.htmlThird Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/157477/Open-AudIT-Professional-3.3.1-Remote-Code-Execution.htmlThird Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://drive.google.com/file/d/1A8hxTyk_NgSp04zPX-23nPbsSDeyDFio/viewExploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://gist.github.com/mhaskar/ebe6b74c32fd0f7e1eedf1aabfd44129Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/Cacti/cacti/issues/3285Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/Cacti/cacti/releasesRelease Notes
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/12/msg00039.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/M77SS33IDVNGBU566TK2XVULPW3RXUQ4/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/WAX3LDXPIKWNBGVZSIMZV7LI5K6BZRTO/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/XEMDQXDRNQYXOME7TACKDVCXZXZNGZE2/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202004-16Third Party Advisory
- https://shells.systems/cacti-v1-2-8-authenticated-remote-code-execution-cve-2020-8813/Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-04/msg00042.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-04/msg00048.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/156537/Cacti-1.2.8-Unauthenticated-Remote-Code-Execution.htmlThird Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/156538/Cacti-1.2.8-Authenticated-Remote-Code-Execution.htmlThird Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/156593/Cacti-1.2.8-Unauthenticated-Remote-Code-Execution.htmlThird Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/157477/Open-AudIT-Professional-3.3.1-Remote-Code-Execution.htmlThird Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://drive.google.com/file/d/1A8hxTyk_NgSp04zPX-23nPbsSDeyDFio/viewExploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://gist.github.com/mhaskar/ebe6b74c32fd0f7e1eedf1aabfd44129Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/Cacti/cacti/issues/3285Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/Cacti/cacti/releasesRelease Notes
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/12/msg00039.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/M77SS33IDVNGBU566TK2XVULPW3RXUQ4/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/WAX3LDXPIKWNBGVZSIMZV7LI5K6BZRTO/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/XEMDQXDRNQYXOME7TACKDVCXZXZNGZE2/
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.