CVE-2005-2148
7.5CVSSHIGH
Description
Cacti 0.8.6e and earlier does not perform proper input validation to protect against common attacks, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands or SQL by sending a legitimate value in a POST request or cookie, then specifying the attack string in the URL, which causes the get_request_var function to return the wrong value in the $_REQUEST variable, which is cleansed while the original malicious $_GET value remains unmodified, as demonstrated in (1) graph_image.php and (2) graph.php.
CVSS Vector Breakdown
Exploitability
AV:NAccess VectorNetwork
AC:LAccess ComplexityLow
Au:NAuthenticationNone
Impact
C:PConfidentialityPartial
I:PIntegrityPartial
A:PAvailabilityPartial
Weaknesses
Affected Products
Exploitability
Official Patch Available
References
http://www.cacti.net/downloads/patches/0.8.6e/cacti-0.8.6f_security.patch
cacti.net
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/21270
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
http://www.hardened-php.net/advisory-032005.php
hardened-php.net
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Timeline
Published
Jul 6, 2005
Last Updated
Apr 16, 2026
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