CVE-2005-2148

Description

Cacti 0.8.6e and earlier does not perform proper input validation to protect against common attacks, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands or SQL by sending a legitimate value in a POST request or cookie, then specifying the attack string in the URL, which causes the get_request_var function to return the wrong value in the $_REQUEST variable, which is cleansed while the original malicious $_GET value remains unmodified, as demonstrated in (1) graph_image.php and (2) graph.php.

7.5

CVSS

Severity: High

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 4.13% Top 15%

Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory hardened-php.net

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
http://www.cacti.net/downloads/patches/0.8.6e/cacti-0.8.6f_security.patch	patch
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/21270	vdb entry
http://www.hardened-php.net/advisory-032005.php	patch vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/404047/30/30/threaded	mailing list
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/404054	mailing list
http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?forum_id=10360&max_rows=25&style=flat&viewmonth=200507&viewday=1	patch mailing list
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/21266	vdb entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/0951	vdb entry
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-764	vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14128	vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/15490	third party advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1014361	vdb entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14129	vdb entry
http://www.hardened-php.net/advisory-042005.php	patch

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2005-2148?: CVE-2005-2148 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2005-2148?: To fix CVE-2005-2148, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2005-2148 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2005-2148 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~4% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.