CVE-2014-5261 Command injection in n/a
Remote attackers can execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in font size settings, requiring low privileges.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2014-5261?
CVE-2014-5261 is a high-severity command injection vulnerability in Cacti Cacti, published on 22 Aug 2014. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The 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.
Weakness: CWE-94
Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-5261?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Cacti Cacti.
How do I fix CVE-2014-5261?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade, and pass arguments to programs as a list instead of through a shell. More about Command injection.
Is CVE-2014-5261 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-5261 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Cacti Cacti
- CVE-2022-46169 Cacti Command Injection
- CVE-2026-39893 Cacti: Pre-authentication SQL injection via rfilter RLIKE clause in graph_view.php
- CVE-2026-39938 Cacti: Unauthenticated RCE on Graph Image
- CVE-2026-39955 Cacti has Pre-Authentication SQL Injection via unanchored FILTER_VALIDATE_REGEXP in graph_view.php
- CVE-2023-39361 Unauthenticated SQL Injection in graph_view.php in Cacti
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2014-5261, GHSA-pf2x-7333-7fw9, UBUNTU-CVE-2014-5261.