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CVE-2016-10700

28
FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-10700 is a high-severity authentication bypass vulnerability affecting Cacti versions prior to 1.0.0. It allows remote authenticated users leveraging web authentication to bypass intended access restrictions by logging in as a non-existent Cacti user, due to an oversight in handling the guest user. With a CVSS score of 8.8, this vulnerability presents a low-complexity attack vector that could lead to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While no public exploit code or active exploitation has been observed, and community discussion is minimal, the vulnerability's ease of exploitation and potential impact warrant attention.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 1.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:cacti:cacti:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

8.8HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.49%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
82.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0249 is in the 81st percentile among its peer group of 17,823 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

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

References

bugs.cacti.net / view.php
Broken Link
github.com / Cacti/cacti/commit/69983495cd41bf0903fe02baeef84b1fa85f2846
Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
web.archive.org / web/20160817090458/http://bugs.cacti.net/view.php
Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
cacti.net / release_notes_1_0_0.php
Issue TrackingRelease NotesVendor Advisory