CVE-2014-4000: cacti Improper Control of Generation of Code
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2014-4000 is a high (CVSS 8.8) Improper Control of Generation of Code vulnerability in cacti. EPSS estimates a 1.67% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 76.8% of scored vulnerabilities.
Not severe (CVSS 8.8, network access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources
Source freshness unavailable
How is this decided?Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 1 · Related 1Timeline
- 15-11-2017PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 06-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
Cacti before 1.0.0 allows remote authenticated users to conduct PHP object injection attacks and execute arbitrary PHP code via a crafted serialized object, related to calling unserialize(stripslashes()).
CVSS metrics
4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated8.8HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- OSV · DebianEcosystem advisory · calculated8.8HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS trend
Probability
1.67%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
77%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
No change 0.00 pp
From 1.67% 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, low-privilege account, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.
Cacti1 product
- cacti< 1.0.0
Debian1 product
- cacti< 0.8.8e+ds1-1
Ubuntu1 product
- cacti< 0.8.8b+dfsg-5ubuntu0.2
3 vendors · 3 products
References
7 links- security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-4000X Refsource CONFIRMIssue TrackingThird Party AdvisoryAdvisory
- forums.cacti.net/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=56794X Refsource CONFIRMIssue TrackingRelease NotesVendor Advisory
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201711-10Vendor AdvisoryX Refsource GENTOOIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory