CVE-2016-10700 Auth bypass in n/a
Authenticated users can bypass access restrictions by logging in as a non-database user when web authentication is enabled.
- 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-2016-10700?
CVE-2016-10700 is a high-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in Cacti Cacti, published on 24 Nov 2017. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official 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.
Weakness: CWE-264
Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-10700?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Cacti Cacti.
How do I fix CVE-2016-10700?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade, and rotate credentials and sessions that may have been exposed. More about Authentication bypass.
Is CVE-2016-10700 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-10700 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-2016-10700, GHSA-72gr-g5cr-jq69, UBUNTU-CVE-2016-10700.