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CVE-2023-49084

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2023-49084 is a critical SQL injection vulnerability in Cacti's link.php component that allows an authenticated user to execute arbitrary code on the server. With a CVSS score of 8.8 (High), this flaw presents a significant risk, enabling full compromise of the affected system. While not yet observed in active exploitation (KEV: No), a Metasploit module exists, indicating readily available exploit code. Despite the high severity and exploit availability, there is currently minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.2.25CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:cacti:cacti:1.2.25:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

8.0HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
HIGH
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.3
Impact Score
6.0
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
63.77%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
99.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
Metasploit: Cacti RCE via SQLi in pollers.php · Dec 20, 2023
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.6377 is in the 99th percentile among its peer group of 17,829 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (1)

github_advisoryvendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

References

packetstormsecurity.com / files/176995/Cacti-pollers.php-SQL-Injection-Remote-Code-Execution.html
github.com / Cacti/cacti/security/advisories/GHSA-pfh9-gwm6-86vp
ExploitVendor Advisory
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2024/03/msg00018.html
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/[email protected]/message/RBEOAFKRARQHTDIYSL723XAFJ2Q6624X