CVE-2005-2148

Published Jul 6, 2005 CVSS 2.0 · 7.5 High EPSS 3.4% KEV · Not listed
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.

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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2005-2149 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.
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
debian
Published
Updated
Aug 7, 2024, 10:15 PM
Reserved
Jul 6, 2005, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Jul 6, 2005, 4:00 AM
Modified
Jun 16, 2026, 10:14 PM