Medium severity · published Aug 22, 2023
CVE-2022-48538
In Cacti 1.2.19, there is an authentication bypass in the web login functionality because of improper validation in the PHP code: cacti_ldap_auth() allows a zero as the password
5.3
CVSS
0.8%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
In Cacti 1.2.19, there is an authentication bypass in the web login functionality because of improper validation in the PHP code: cacti_ldap_auth() allows a zero as the password.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.8% · higher than 56% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
CA
Cacti · Cacti
1.2.19 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-48538
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-48538
Technical Description
https://docs.cacti.net/Settings-Auth-LDAP.md
Exploit
https://github.com/Cacti/cacti/issues/5189
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