What is CVE-2017-16660?

CVE-2017-16660 is a high-severity vulnerability in Cacti, classified under Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere. CVSS score: 7.2/10. Published 2017-11-08.

How severe is CVE-2017-16660?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.2 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Cacti

CVE-2017-16660

Cacti 1.1.27 allows remote authenticated administrators to conduct Remote Code Execution attacks by placing the Log Path under the web root, and then making a remote_agent.php request containing PHP code in a Client-ip header.

EPSS: 0.042 (90.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.2 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Cacti — versions 1.1.27
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-668 — Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere

References

cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Patch, x_refsource_MISC, Issue Tracking)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-16660?: CVE-2017-16660 is a high-severity vulnerability in Cacti, classified under Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere. CVSS score: 7.2/10. Published 2017-11-08.
How severe is CVE-2017-16660?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.2 out of 10.