CVE-2024-45598 Cacti has a Local File Inclusion (LFI) Vulnerability via Poller Standard Error Log Path
An administrator can read arbitrary local files by manipulating the poller error log path, exposing sensitive server data.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2024-45598?
CVE-2024-45598 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in Cacti Cacti, published on 27 Jan 2025. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Cacti is an open source performance and fault management framework. Prior to 1.2.29, an administrator can change the `Poller Standard Error Log Path` parameter in either Installation Step 5 or in Configuration->Settings->Paths tab to a local file inside the server. Then simply going to Logs tab and selecting the name of the local file will show its content on the web UI. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.2.29.
Weakness: CWE-22
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-45598?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Cacti Cacti.
How do I fix CVE-2024-45598?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.
Is CVE-2024-45598 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-45598 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-2024-45598, GHSA-pv2c-97pp-vxwg, UBUNTU-CVE-2024-45598.