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CVE-2024-54146: Cacti has a SQL Injection vulnerability when view host template

HighCVSS 8.8 · v3.1—No exploit Fix available

Noroxi assessment

Priority: Plan (action score 49/100)

The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 45.6% (FIRST EPSS); higher than 98.8% of all records.
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.
Fixed version: Cacti cacti 1.2.29.

Add it to your regular patch cycle. Upgrade to Cacti cacti 1.2.29 or later.

Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it

Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS

Cacti is an open source performance and fault management framework. Cacti has a SQL injection vulnerability in the template function of host_templates.php using the graph_template parameter. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.2.29.

SQL injection

BDU:2025-00977

Published: Jan 27, 2025
Updated: Jun 17, 2026
EPSS: 45.6% · 98th percentile
CWE: CWE-89

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Plan

Add it to your regular patch cycle.

CVSS: 35 / 40 · 8.8 / 10
CISA KEV: 0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS: 14 / 30 · 45.6%

CISA SSVC decision

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: partial

Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.

CNA vs NVD score

NVD: 8.8
CNA · GitHub_M: 7.6; 1.2 point gap

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

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Affected systems

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Vendor	Product	CPE
cacti	cacti	cpe:2.3:a:cacti:cacti

Versions reported by the vendor

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Cacti cacti
- < 1.2.29affected

Affected versions

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cacti cactibefore 1.2.29

Package-level exposure

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

Ecosystem	Package	Affected range	Fix
Debian:13	cacti	before 1.2.28+ds1-4	1.2.28+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

Published before and after this one in the same product

← EarlierCVE-2024-45598Jan 27, 2025 · Cacti has a Local File Inclusion (LFI) Vulnerability via Poller Standard Error Log Path
20Monitor
← EarlierCVE-2024-54145Jan 27, 2025 · Cacti has a SQL Injection vulnerability when request automation devices
35Monitor
Later →CVE-2025-22604Jan 27, 2025 · Cacti has Authenticated RCE via multi-line SNMP responses
30Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

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

Product / package	Fixed version	Source
Cacti cacti	1.2.29 · description	Vendor (CNA)
debian:cacti	1.2.28+ds1-4 · Debian:13	Package registry (OSV)

Exploit status

No known public exploit

No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.

Research context

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Timeline

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

No dated events beyond publication.

EPSS, last 120 days-1% in 7 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.

Cacti/cacticommit c7e4ee7

Variant candidates

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

CVE-2023-39361510 days apartUnauthenticated SQL Injection in graph_view.php in Cacti
66This week
CVE-2023-49085402 days apartCacti SQL Injection vulnerability
57Plan
CVE-2023-51448402 days apartSQL Injection vulnerability when managing SNMP Notification Receivers
55Plan
CVE-2024-31445258 days apartSQL Injection vulnerability in automation_get_new_graphs_sql
43Plan
CVE-2025-2652016 days apartCacti through 1.2.29 allows SQL injection in the template function in host_templates.php via the graph_template parameter.
39Monitor
CVE-2026-39955513 days apartCacti has Pre-Authentication SQL Injection via unanchored FILTER_VALIDATE_REGEXP in graph_view.php
39Monitor

Not on record for this CVE: researcher credit · public bounty program.

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: high · data can be read
Integrity: high · data or configuration can be modified
Availability: high · the service can be disrupted

Attack vector: Network
Attack complexity: Low
Privileges required: Low
User interaction: None
Scope: Unchanged
Confidentiality impact: High
Integrity impact: High
Availability impact: High

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-89 · Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection')

CVSS vector

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

nvd-primary

Root cause

The query text is built by concatenating user input. The database cannot tell where the data ends and the command begins.

The bug in code

The whole CWE-89 class

A representative example of this vulnerability class. Not the vendor's source code; it shows the faulty pattern and its fix.

Vulnerable

1const owner = req.query.owner;
2const rows = await db.query(
3  "SELECT * FROM files WHERE owner = '" + owner + "'"
4);

Fixed

1const owner = req.query.owner;
2const rows = await db.query(
3  "SELECT * FROM files WHERE owner = $1",
4  [owner]
5);

Attack context

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Attack patterns (CAPEC)

ATT&CK techniques

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Change log (1)

Fix✗ → ✓Sep 28, 2026, 10:48 PM UTC

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References

github.com/Cacti/cacti/commit/c7e4ee798d263a3209ae6e7ba182c7b65284d8f0

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