4.3

CVE-2020-13230: cacti Improper Preservation of Permissions

Modified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2020-13230DEBIAN-CVE-2020-13230
Published 20-05-2020Last modified 04-08-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2020-13230 is a medium (CVSS 4.3) Improper Preservation of Permissions vulnerability in cacti. EPSS estimates a 1.00% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 62.8% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Priority
Routine

Not severe (CVSS 4.3, network access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
4.3/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
1.00%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits1github

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 2 · Related 1
DLA-2965-1USN-5214-1

Timeline

  1. 20-05-2020
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 04-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

In Cacti before 1.2.11, disabling a user account does not immediately invalidate any permissions granted to that account (e.g., permission to view logs).

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

1.00%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

63%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 1.00% 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

1 found
  • githubUnverified

    Cacti

    Maturity: poc

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.

Debian2 products
Cacti1 product
Fedoraproject1 product
Ubuntu1 product
  • cactiAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 0.8.8f+ds1-4ubuntu4.16.04.2+esm1 | < 1.1.38+ds1-1ubuntu0.1~esm1 | < 1.2.10+ds1-1ubuntu1+esm1

4 vendors · 5 products

References

9 links