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CVE-2025-24367· NVD / CVE Program· CNA GitHub_M

Cacti allows Arbitrary File Creation leading to RCE

Cacti is an open source performance and fault management framework. An authenticated Cacti user can abuse graph creation and graph template functionality to create arbitrary PHP scripts in the web root of the application, leading to remote code execution on the server. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.2.29.

HighCVSS 8.7 · v4.0—Weaponized Fix available
Published
Jan 27, 2025
Updated
Jun 17, 2026
EPSS
54.0% · 99th percentile
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Action score

50

Plan

Add it to your regular patch cycle.

CVSS
34 / 40 · 8.7 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
16 / 30 · 54.0%

CISA SSVC decision

Exploitation
proof of concept
Automatable
yes
Technical impact
partial

Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.

CNA vs NVD score

NVD
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CNA · GitHub_M
8.7
NVD has not scored this yet; the score shown is the CNA’s.

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

The score given by the assigning authority versus NVD’s independent score. A gap means the severity is contested.

Affected systems

VendorProduct
cacticacti

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • cacti cactibefore 1.2.29

Versions reported by the vendor

Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (GitHub_M). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.

  • Cacti cacti

    • <= 1.2.28affected

Package-level exposure

OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.

EcosystemPackageAffected rangeFix
Debian:11cactibefore 1.2.16+ds1-2+deb11u51.2.16+ds1-2+deb11u5
Debian:12cactibefore 1.2.24+ds1-1+deb12u51.2.24+ds1-1+deb12u5
Debian:13cactibefore 1.2.28+ds1-41.2.28+ds1-4

Same product

cacti: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

  • CVE-2022-46169Unauthenticated Command InjectionKEV
    99Now
  • CVE-2024-29895Cacti command injection in cmd_realtime.php
    70This week
  • CVE-2023-39361Unauthenticated SQL Injection in graph_view.php in Cacti
    66This week
  • CVE-2023-49085Cacti SQL Injection vulnerability
    57Plan
  • CVE-2020-8813graph_realtime.php in Cacti 1.2.8 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary OS commands via shell metacharacters in a cookie, if a guest
    57Plan
  • CVE-2023-51448SQL Injection vulnerability when managing SNMP Notification Receivers
    55Plan

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

Product / packageFixed versionSource
Cacti cacti1.2.29 · descriptionVendor (CNA)
debian:cacti1.2.24+ds1-1+deb12u5 · Debian:12Package registry (OSV)

Exploit status

Weaponized

A ready exploit tool or active in-the-wild use is known for this vulnerability. This should be your top priority.

Evidence

  • Metasploit module ×1
  • Proof-of-concept repository on GitHub ×6

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Public exploit evidence
SourceKindDate
Metasploit moduleexploit/multi/http/cacti_graph_template_rceCacti Graph Template authenticated RCE versions prior to 1.2.29exploit2025-01-27
Proof-of-concept repository on GitHubstars:382025-10-30
Proof-of-concept repository on GitHubstars:02025-12-12
Proof-of-concept repository on GitHubstars:02025-12-14
Proof-of-concept repository on GitHubstars:12026-01-15
Proof-of-concept repository on GitHubstars:02026-01-19
Proof-of-concept repository on GitHubstars:02026-05-02

Research context

For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.

Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

  1. Metasploit-1 d
  2. Published
  3. First PoC+275 d
  4. TodaySep 30, 2026+611 d
EPSS, last 120 days

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Patch and commit links

Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.

Credits

All researchers

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No credits in the CNA record.

Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

No nightly-computed relations.

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

Technical details

Attack conditions

  • Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
  • A low-privileged account is enough.
  • No user action is required.
  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability
Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
X

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-144 · Improper Neutralization of Line Delimiters

CVSS vector

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

nvd-secondary

Attack context

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MITRE has no CAPEC/ATT&CK mapping for this CWE.

Noroxi analysis

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Change log

  1. Fix✗ → ✓

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References

Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.

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