Cacti - Remote Code Execution (CVE-2022-46169)
- Severity
- CVSSv3 Score
- 9.8
- Vulnerability description
Cacti server is vulnerable to CVE-2022-46169, a Remote Code Execution vulnerability in the
remote_agent.php
file. The vulnerability exists due to insufficient authorization within the Remote Agent when handling HTTP requests with a custom Forwarded-For HTTP header .A remote non-authenticated attacker can send a specially crafted HTTP request to the affected instance and execute arbitrary OS commands on the server.- Risk description
The risk exists that a remote unauthenticated attacker can fully compromise the server in order to steal confidential information, install ransomware, or pivot to the internal network.
- Exploit capabilities
Sniper can gain unauthenticated Remote Code Execution on the target system and extract multiple artefacts as evidence.
- Recommendation
Upgrade the Cacti to the latest version.
- Codename
- Not available
- Detectable with
- Network Scanner
- Exploitable with Sniper
- Yes
- Vuln date
- May 2022
- Published at
- Updated at
- Software Type
- Network monitoring software
- Vendor
- Cacti
- Product
- The Cacti Group