CVE-2010-1645: cacti Improper Input Validation
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2010-1645 is a medium (CVSS 6.5) Improper Input Validation vulnerability in cacti. EPSS estimates a 2.80% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 86.5% of scored vulnerabilities.
Not severe (CVSS 6.5, network access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources
Source freshness unavailable
How is this decided?Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 2Timeline
- 23-08-2010PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 07-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
Cacti before 0.8.7f, as used in Red Hat High Performance Computing (HPC) Solution and other products, allows remote authenticated administrators to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in (1) the FQDN field of a Device or (2) the Vertical Label field of a Graph Template.
CVSS metrics
1 score · 1 source · 1 versionEPSS trend
Probability
2.80%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
87%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
No change 0.00 pp
From 2.80% on 04-10-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in the CISA KEV catalog.
Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.
Not in the CIRCL catalog.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Known conditions: network-reachable, authentication (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.
Cacti1 product
- cacti≤ 0.8.7e | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.6.1 | 0.6.2 | 0.6.3 | 0.6.4 | 0.6.5 | 0.6.6 | 0.6.7 | 0.6.8 | 0.6.8a | 0.8 | 0.8.1 | 0.8.2 | 0.8.2a | 0.8.3 | 0.8.3a | 0.8.4 | 0.8.5 | 0.8.5a | 0.8.6 | 0.8.6a | 0.8.6b | 0.8.6c | 0.8.6d | 0.8.6f | 0.8.6g | 0.8.6h | 0.8.6i | 0.8.6j | 0.8.6k | 0.8.7 | 0.8.7a | 0.8.7b | 0.8.7c | 0.8.7d
Debian1 product
- cacti< 0.8.7g-1
2 vendors · 2 products
References
11 links- svn.cacti.net/viewvc?view=rev&revision=5778X Refsource CONFIRM
- www.cacti.net/release_notes_0_8_7f.phpX Refsource CONFIRM
- svn.cacti.net/viewvc?view=rev&revision=5782X Refsource CONFIRM
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=609115X Refsource CONFIRM
- svn.cacti.net/viewvc?view=rev&revision=5784X Refsource CONFIRM