CVE-2017-16661: cacti
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2017-16661 is a medium (CVSS 4.9) vulnerability in cacti. EPSS estimates a 1.47% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 73.8% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.
Not severe (CVSS 4.9, 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
- 08-11-2017PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 16-09-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
Cacti 1.1.27 allows remote authenticated administrators to read arbitrary files by placing the Log Path into a private directory, and then making a clog.php?filename= request, as demonstrated by filename=passwd (with a Log Path under /etc) to read /etc/passwd.
CVSS metrics
4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated4.9MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- OSV · DebianEcosystem advisory · calculated4.9MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
EPSS trend
Probability
1.47%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
74%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
No change 0.00 pp
From 1.47% 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
- cacti< 1.1.38+ds1-1
3 vendors · 3 products
