# CVE-2005-2148: Cacti 0.8.6e and earlier does not perform proper input validation to protect against common attacks, which allows remote attackers to execut

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2005-07-06 · Updated: 2024-08-07

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

Cacti 0.8.6e and earlier does not perform proper input validation to protect against common attacks, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands or SQL by sending a legitimate value in a POST request or cookie, then specifying the attack string in the URL, which causes the get_request_var function to return the wrong value in the $_REQUEST variable, which is cleansed while the original malicious $_GET value remains unmodified, as demonstrated in (1) graph_image.php and (2) graph.php.

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## References

- http://www.cacti.net/downloads/patches/0.8.6e/cacti-0.8.6f_security.patch
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/21270
- http://www.hardened-php.net/advisory-032005.php
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/404047/30/30/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/404054
- http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?forum_id=10360&max_rows=25&style=flat&viewmonth=200507&viewday=1
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/21266
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/0951
- http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-764
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14128
- http://secunia.com/advisories/15490
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1014361
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14129
- http://www.hardened-php.net/advisory-042005.php

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