CVE-2023-49085 Cacti SQL Injection vulnerability
An authorized user can execute arbitrary SQL code in Cacti via pollers.php, allowing potential data access or modification.
- 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-2023-49085?
CVE-2023-49085 is a high-severity SQL injection vulnerability in Cacti Cacti, published on 22 Dec 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Cacti provides an operational monitoring and fault management framework. In versions 1.2.25 and prior, it is possible to execute arbitrary SQL code through the `pollers.php` script. An authorized user may be able to execute arbitrary SQL code. The vulnerable component is the `pollers.php`. Impact of the vulnerability - arbitrary SQL code execution. As of time of publication, a patch does not appear to exist.
Weakness: CWE-89
Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-49085?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Cacti Cacti.
How do I fix CVE-2023-49085?
No fix published yet.
Use parameterised queries everywhere and never build SQL by joining strings. Upgrade affected software first; a web application firewall only buys time. More about SQL injection.
Is CVE-2023-49085 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2023-49085 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-XK61765, DEBIAN-CVE-2023-49085, GHSA-vr3c-38wh-g855, UBUNTU-CVE-2023-49085.