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CVE-2016-10700 json

auth_login.php in Cacti before 1.0.0 allows remote authenticated users who use web authentication to bypass intended access restrictions by…

published 2017-11-24 8 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2016-1701

cvss
8.8
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
2.5%
EPSS 2.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 84%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • cacti cacti 1.0.0
  • cacti Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 0.8.8h+ds1-5

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2016-10700

  • cacti Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 0.8.8b+dfsg-5ubuntu0.2
  • cacti Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 0.8.8f+ds1-4ubuntu4.16.04.2

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2016-10700

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

Exploit prediction

2.49% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 84% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 8.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 6.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

References

Sources

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