High severity · published Nov 24, 2017
CVE-2016-10700
auth_login.php in Cacti before 1.0.0 allows remote authenticated users who use web authentication to bypass intended access restrictions by logging in as a user not in the cacti…
8.8
CVSS
2.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
auth_login.php in Cacti before 1.0.0 allows remote authenticated users who use web authentication to bypass intended access restrictions by logging in as a user not in the cacti database, because the guest user is not considered. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2016-2313.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)2.5% · higher than 85% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
CA
Cacti · Cacti
before 1.0.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-10700
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-10700
Broken Link
http://bugs.cacti.net/view.php?id=2697
Issue Tracking
http://www.cacti.net/release_notes_1_0_0.php
Issue Tracking
https://github.com/Cacti/cacti/commit/69983495cd41bf0903fe02baeef84b1fa85f2846
Issue Tracking
https://web.archive.org/web/20160817090458/http://bugs.cacti.net/view.php?id=2697
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