CVE-2023-49084

HIGH

Cacti RCE via SQLi in pollers.php

Title source: metasploit
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2023-49084. PoCs published by Aleksey Solovev, Christophe De La Fuente, including Metasploit module exploits/multi/http/cacti_pollers_sqli_rce.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This Metasploit module exploits CVE-2023-49084 and CVE-2023-49085 in Cacti versions prior to 1.2.26, combining SQL injection and LFI to achieve remote code execution. It includes authentication handling, CSRF token extraction, and payload delivery via log file manipulation.

Description

Cacti is a robust performance and fault management framework and a frontend to RRDTool - a Time Series Database (TSDB). While using the detected SQL Injection and insufficient processing of the include file path, it is possible to execute arbitrary code on the server. Exploitation of the vulnerability is possible for an authorized user. The vulnerable component is the `link.php`. Impact of the vulnerability execution of arbitrary code on the server.

Exploits (1)

metasploit WORKING POC EXCELLENT
by Aleksey Solovev, Christophe De La Fuente · rubypocwin
https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/multi/http/cacti_pollers_sqli_rce.rb

This Metasploit module exploits CVE-2023-49084 and CVE-2023-49085 in Cacti versions prior to 1.2.26, combining SQL injection and LFI to achieve remote code execution. It includes authentication handling, CSRF token extraction, and payload delivery via log file manipulation.

Classification
Working Poc 100%
Attack Type
Rce
Complexity
Moderate
Reliability
Reliable
Target: Cacti < 1.2.26
Auth required
Prerequisites: Valid Cacti credentials with 'Sites/Devices/Data' permissions · Access to pollers.php
devstral-2 · analyzed Apr 30, 2026 Full analysis →

Scores

CVSS v3 8.0
EPSS 0.6377
EPSS Percentile 99.1%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation poc
Automatable no
Technical Impact total

Details

CWE
CWE-98
Status published
Products (1)
cacti/cacti 1.2.25
Published Dec 21, 2023
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026