# 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.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.0 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:L`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 27 Jan 2025
- **Updated:** 3 Nov 2025
- **Also known as:** DEBIAN-CVE-2024-45598, GHSA-pv2c-97pp-vxwg, UBUNTU-CVE-2024-45598

## 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 (Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-45598?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Cacti Cacti.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-45598?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

## 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](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-46169/): Cacti Command Injection (critical 9.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2026-39893](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-39893/): Cacti: Pre-authentication SQL injection via rfilter RLIKE clause in graph_view.php (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2026-39938](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-39938/): Cacti: Unauthenticated RCE on Graph Image (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2026-39955](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-39955/): Cacti has Pre-Authentication SQL Injection via unanchored FILTER_VALIDATE_REGEXP in graph_view.php (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2023-39361](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-39361/): Unauthenticated SQL Injection in graph_view.php in Cacti (critical 9.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-45598 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: 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.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-45598 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Cacti Cacti. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-45598/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-45598/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-45598
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-45598
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-45598

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-45598/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.