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CVE-2026-71287

Cacti sanitize_sql_column() Regex Allowlist Permits SQL Time-Delay Functions Leading to Blind SQL Injection

Published: Aug 5, 2026Updated: Aug 26, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-89
8.8HIGH
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
0.3%
Top 77.1%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
No Fix Available
Self-Check
OpenVAS

Description

Cacti's sanitize_sql_column (lib/functions.php) sanitizes user-supplied ORDER BY column names using the regex . Because this allowlist retains letters, digits, underscore, parentheses, and dot (intended to support expressions like COUNT(id) and table.column), a payload such as passes through completely unmodified.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:LUI:NS:UC:HI:HA:H
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:LPrivileges Required
Low
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:HConfidentiality
High
I:HIntegrity
High
A:HAvailability
High
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Weaknesses

CWE-89

Affected Products

Cacti
oss-project
cactiOn-premWeb App
Enterprise Software / itsm-monitoring

Exploitability

No known exploits, KEV entries, or remediation guidance available for this vulnerability yet.
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References

https://github.com/Cacti/cacti
github.com
https://github.com/Cacti/cacti/blob/develop/lib/functions.php
github.com

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