CVE-2005-2148

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    CVE-2005-2148

    Published: 6 Jul 2005Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: Cacti 0.8.6e and earlier does not perform proper input validation to protect against common attacks, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands or SQL by sending a legitimate value in a POST request or cookie, then specifying the attack string in the URL, which causes the get_request_var function to return the wrong value in the $_REQUEST variable, which is cleansed while the original malicious $_GET value remains unmodified, as demonstrated in (1) graph_image.php and (2) graph.php.

    References: http://secunia.com/advisories/15490, http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-764, http://www.hardened-php.net/advisory-032005.php, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/0951, http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?forum_id=10360&max_rows=25&style=flat&viewmonth=200507&viewday=1, http://www.cacti.net/downloads/patches/0.8.6e/cacti-0.8.6f_security.patch, http://www.hardened-php.net/advisory-032005.php, http://www.hardened-php.net/advisory-042005.php, http://securitytracker.com/id?1014361, http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/404047/30/30/threaded, http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/404054, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14128, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14129, https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/21266, https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/21270

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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