Cacti 1.2.22 Command Injection (CVE-2022-46169)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 173897

Synopsis

The web application running on the remote web server is affected by a command injection vulnerability.

Description

A command injection vulnerability exists on the Cacti server that allows an unauthenticated user to execute arbitrary code. The vulnerability resides in the remote_agent.php file. This file can be accessed without authentication.

Solution

Upgrade to Cacti version 1.2.23, 1.3.0 or later

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?26ca23b3

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 173897

File Name: cacti_cmd_injection_CVE-2022-46169.nbin

Version: 1.21

Type: remote

Family: Web Servers

Published: 4/5/2023

Updated: 4/23/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 8.7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-46169

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 9.4

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:H/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:cacti:cacti

Required KB Items: installed_sw/Cacti

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/5/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/5/2022

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability Due Dates: 3/9/2023

Exploitable With

Core Impact

Metasploit (Cacti 1.2.22 unauthenticated command injection)

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-46169