A SQL injection issue in color.php in Cacti 1.2.12 allows an admin to inject SQL via the filter parameter. This can lead to remote command execution because the product accepts stacked queries.
CVE-2020-14295
Score elevated to 9.0 because EPSS predicts 86% probability of exploitation within the next 30 days (99th percentile of EPSS-scored CVEs). NVD baseline CVSS 7.2 retained for reference. Confidence: see factors.
- High exploitation likelihood — EPSS 86%
- Public exploit code is available (Metasploit, epss top5pct, epss high, public exploit)
A fix is available — apply it.
- CVSS v3
- 7.2
- EG Score
- 9.0CRITICALhigh confidence
- EG Risk
- 80EG Risk 80/100CISA SSVC
EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).
How it’s computedSeverity90% × 45%Exploitation86% × 40%Automatability30% × 15%CISA SSVC: Track at low or medium mission impact; Track* or Attend at high (mission-essential systems).Action: A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines at low or medium mission impact and sooner than that at high. - EPSS PROB
- 86%
- EPSS %ILE
- 99th
- KEV
- Not listed
CISA SSVCTrack at low or medium mission impact; Track* or Attend at high (mission-essential systems).
A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines at low or medium mission impact and sooner than that at high.
Exploitation public PoC (EG-KEV: weaponized) · Automatable unknown (not published for this CVE) · Technical impact partial (CVSS below 9.0). Mission impact is CISA's Mission & Well-being decision point, and only you can judge it: high means the affected system is essential to your organisation's mission, or its compromise could cause irreversible harm to people. CISA's decision table
Published
June 17, 2020
Last Modified
November 21, 2024
References (16)
- cve@mitrehttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00067.html
- cve@mitrehttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00085.html
- cve@mitrehttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/162384/Cacti-1.2.12-SQL-Injection-Remote-Code-Execution.html
- cve@mitrehttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/162918/Cacti-1.2.12-SQL-Injection-Remote-Command-Execution.html
- cve@mitrehttps://github.com/Cacti/cacti/issues/3622
- cve@mitrehttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/W64CIB6L4HZRVQSWKPDDKXJO4J2XTOXD/
- cve@mitrehttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZKM5G3YNSZDHDZMPCMAHG5B5M2V4XYSE/
- cve@mitrehttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202007-03
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00067.html
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00085.html
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/162384/Cacti-1.2.12-SQL-Injection-Remote-Code-Execution.html
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/162918/Cacti-1.2.12-SQL-Injection-Remote-Command-Execution.html
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/Cacti/cacti/issues/3622
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/W64CIB6L4HZRVQSWKPDDKXJO4J2XTOXD/
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZKM5G3YNSZDHDZMPCMAHG5B5M2V4XYSE/
Patch Availability(1)
| Vendor / Ecosystem | Fix (by version range) / Patch | Released | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| ubuntu | cacti (0.8.8f+ds1-4ubuntu4.16.04.2+esm1) @ xenial | 2026-05-27 | ubuntu |
Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.
Affected Packages
(4 across 4 ecosystems)
Debian:11(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fix by version range | Dependents |
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| cacti | — |
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Debian:12(1)
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| cacti | — |
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Debian:13(1)
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| cacti | — |
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Debian:14(1)
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| cacti | — |
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Weakness Classification(1)
MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.
All Vendor Advisories
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Every vendor that published an advisory referencing this CVE — pulled from our cve_vendor_advisories aggregation. Click any row for the vendor's original advisory page.
Data Freshness Timeline
(refreshed 4× in last 7d / 14× in last 30d)
Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.
- 2026-10-04 23:18 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-09-30 20:40 UTCOSV refresh
- 2026-09-30 15:11 UTCEG score recompute
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- 2026-08-09 13:43 UTCEPSS rescore
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- 2026-07-23 01:49 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-07-22 21:29 UTCEG score recompute▲ 1.80
- 2026-07-22 21:28 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-07-22 14:05 UTCEPSS rescore
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- 2026-05-29 13:42 UTCEPSS rescore
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- 2026-05-27 02:23 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-05-27 02:23 UTCVendor advisory
- 2026-05-27 02:23 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-05-26 07:17 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-05-26 07:17 UTCEPSS rescore
Publicly available exploits
(3 references)Working exploit code is in the public domain (1 Metasploit module) (1 GitHub PoC) (1 Exploit-DB entry). Defenders should treat patch urgency accordingly — public PoCs typically lead to mass-exploitation within 24-72 hours.
- Metasploitexploit/unix/http/cacti_filter_sqli_rce✓ verifiedFirst seen Jun 17, 2020
Cacti color filter authenticated SQLi to RCE
Open source ↗ - Exploit-DBEDB-49810First seen Apr 29, 2021
Cacti 1.2.12 - 'filter' SQL Injection
Open source ↗ - GitHub PoC0z09e/CVE-2020-14295First seen Apr 28, 2021
Authenticated SQL injection to command execution on Cacti 1.2.12
Open source ↗
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