CVE-2014-5261

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Summary

CVECVE-2014-5261
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2014-08-22 14:55:09 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionThe graph settings script (graph_settings.php) in Cacti 0.8.8b and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in a font size, related to the rrdtool commandline in lib/rrd.php.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.5 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-94 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Cacti Cacti 0.8.6e All All All
Application Cacti Cacti 0.8.7 All All All
Application Cacti Cacti 0.8.7a All All All
Application Cacti Cacti 0.8.7b All All All
Application Cacti Cacti 0.8.7c All All All
Application Cacti Cacti 0.8.7d All All All
Application Cacti Cacti 0.8.7e All All All
Application Cacti Cacti 0.8.7f All All All
Application Cacti Cacti 0.8.7g All All All
Application Cacti Cacti 0.8.7i All All All
Application Cacti Cacti 0.8.8 All All All
Application Cacti Cacti 0.8.8a All All All
Application Cacti Cacti All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Cacti: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201607-05) — Gentoo security af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org
Bug 1127165 – cacti has remote code execution vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com
svn.cacti.net/viewvc af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 svn.cacti.net Patch
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3007-1 cacti af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
oss-sec: Re: CVE id request: cacti remote code execution and SQL injection af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 seclists.org
Cacti Multiple Unspecified Security Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
oss-sec: CVE id request: cacti remote code execution and SQL injection af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 seclists.org
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