CVE-2024-45598 (GCVE-0-2024-45598)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-01-27 15:46 – Updated: 2025-11-03 20:39
VLAI
Title
Cacti has a Local File Inclusion (LFI) Vulnerability via Poller Standard Error Log Path
Summary
Cacti is an open source performance and fault management framework. Prior to 1.2.29, an administrator can change the `Poller Standard Error Log Path` parameter in either Installation Step 5 or in Configuration->Settings->Paths tab to a local file inside the server. Then simply going to Logs tab and selecting the name of the local file will show its content on the web UI. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.2.29.
Severity
6 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:L
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-01-27 16:47 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-22 - Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
Assigner
GitHub_M CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard C 72/100 over 7637 records in the last 180 days details
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Cacti cacti Affected: < 1.2.29
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