Authenticated arbitrary SQL execution via unsanitized dbhost value
Published Dec 22, 2023 · Updated Feb 25, 2026
SQL injection in pollers.php in The Cacti Group Cacti 1.2.25 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary SQL. The poller_host_duplicate function interpolates the unfiltered dbhost form value into a SQL query and permits stacked statements. An account with Sites/Devices/Data permission can read, modify, or delete database data and interrupt service through database operations.
Summary
What happened
SQL injection in pollers.php in The Cacti Group Cacti 1.2.25 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary SQL. The poller_host_duplicate function interpolates the unfiltered dbhost form value into a SQL query and permits stacked statements. An account with Sites/Devices/Data permission can read, modify, or delete database data and interrupt service through database operations.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2023-49085
- Published
- Dec 22, 2023
- Updated
- Feb 25, 2026
- Vendor
- The Cacti Group
- Product
- Cacti
- Classifications
- CWE-89, T1190
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Dec 22, 2023CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Feb 25, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=<= 1.2.25
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Attacks
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Weakness, pattern, technique
Public exploit references
- Upstream pollers.php time-based SQL injection proof of conceptproof of concept · demonstrated
- Metasploit Cacti pollers SQLi RCE moduleweaponized · demonstrated
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