CVE-2023-49084 Local File Inclusion (RCE) in Cacti
An authorized user can execute arbitrary code on the server via local file inclusion in Cacti's link.php component.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2023-49084?
CVE-2023-49084 is a high-severity code injection vulnerability in Cacti Cacti, published on 21 Dec 2023. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Cacti is a robust performance and fault management framework and a frontend to RRDTool - a Time Series Database (TSDB). While using the detected SQL Injection and insufficient processing of the include file path, it is possible to execute arbitrary code on the server. Exploitation of the vulnerability is possible for an authorized user. The vulnerable component is the `link.php`. Impact of the vulnerability execution of arbitrary code on the server.
Weakness: CWE-98
Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-49084?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Cacti Cacti.
How do I fix CVE-2023-49084?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Upgrade, and never evaluate templates, expressions or code built from user input. More about Code injection.
Is CVE-2023-49084 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2023-49084 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Metasploit module.
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 CLEANSTART-2024-PZ14961, DEBIAN-CVE-2023-49084, GHSA-pfh9-gwm6-86vp, UBUNTU-CVE-2023-49084.