CVE-2024-31460 MEDIUM

CVE-2024-31460: Cacti SQL Injection vulnerability in lib/api_automation.php caused by reading dirty data stored in database

Vendor Cacti
Product cacti
Weakness CWE-89 · SQLi
Published May 13, 2024
Last update November 4, 2025

CVSS base score

6.5/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Confidentiality None
Integrity High

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

What the vulnerability does

01Description

Cacti provides an operational monitoring and fault management framework. Prior to version 1.2.27, some of the data stored in `automation_tree_rules.php` is not thoroughly checked and is used to concatenate the SQL statement in `create_all_header_nodes()` function from `lib/api_automation.php` , finally resulting in SQL injection. Using SQL based secondary injection technology, attackers can modify the contents of the Cacti database, and based on the modified content, it may be possible to achieve further impact, such as arbitrary file reading, and even remote code execution through arbitrary file writing. Version 1.2.27 contains a patch for the issue.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

May 13, 2024 CVE published
November 4, 2025 Record updated