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CVE-2016-3172

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-3172 describes a SQL injection vulnerability in Cacti 0.8.8g and earlier, specifically within the tree.php component. This flaw allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary SQL commands by manipulating the parent_id parameter during an item_edit action. With a CVSS score of 8.8 (HIGH), this vulnerability presents a significant risk, enabling high impact to confidentiality, integrity, and availability with low attack complexity. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 0.8.8gCPE 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
2.83%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
85.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0283 is in the 84th percentile among its peer group of 17,822 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

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

bugs.cacti.net / view.php
Exploit
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-updates/2016-05/msg00074.html
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201607-05
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2016/03/10/13
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2016/03/15/11
securityfocus.com / bid/84324