CVE-2017-16641: cacti
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2017-16641 is a high (CVSS 9.0) vulnerability in cacti. EPSS estimates a 3.22% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 88.2% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.
Public exploit (GitHub, Date unknown)
Source freshness unavailable
How is this decided?Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 1 · Related 1Timeline
- 07-11-2017PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 17-09-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
lib/rrd.php in Cacti 1.1.27 allows remote authenticated administrators to execute arbitrary OS commands via the path_rrdtool parameter in an action=save request to settings.php.
CVSS metrics
4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated7.2HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- OSV · DebianEcosystem advisory · calculated7.2HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS trend
Probability
3.22%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
88%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
No change 0.00 pp
From 3.22% on 04-10-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEVNot in the CISA KEV catalog.
ENISA CNWNot in the ENISA CNW catalog.
CIRCLNot in the CIRCL catalog.
Public exploits
1 foundCacti
Maturity: poc
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Known conditions: network-reachable, administrative account, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.
Cacti1 product
- cacti1.1.27
Debian1 product
- cacti< 1.1.27+ds1-3
Ubuntu1 product
- cactiAll versions (No fix recorded)
3 vendors · 3 products
