8.8

CVE-2014-4000: cacti Improper Control of Generation of Code

Modified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2014-4000DEBIAN-CVE-2014-4000
Published 15-11-2017Last modified 06-08-2024

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.

Priority
Routine

Not severe (CVSS 8.8, network access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
8.8/10
010
High · v3.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
1.67%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 1 · Related 1

Timeline

  1. 15-11-2017
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 06-08-2024
    Last 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

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

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: network-reachable, low-privilege account, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Cacti1 product
Debian1 product
  • cacti< 0.8.8e+ds1-1
Ubuntu1 product
  • cacti< 0.8.8b+dfsg-5ubuntu0.2

3 vendors · 3 products

References

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