# CVE-2016-10700: auth\_login.php in Cacti before 1.0.0 allows remote authenticated users who use web authentication to bypass intended access restrictions by

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2017-11-24 · Updated: 2024-08-06

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

auth_login.php in Cacti before 1.0.0 allows remote authenticated users who use web authentication to bypass intended access restrictions by logging in as a user not in the cacti database, because the guest user is not considered. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2016-2313.

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## References

- https://github.com/Cacti/cacti/commit/69983495cd41bf0903fe02baeef84b1fa85f2846
- http://www.cacti.net/release_notes_1_0_0.php
- http://bugs.cacti.net/view.php?id=2697
- https://web.archive.org/web/20160817090458/http://bugs.cacti.net/view.php?id=2697

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