CVE-2005-2148

Cacti 0.8.6e and earlier does not perform proper input validation to protect against common attacks, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands or SQL by sending a legitimate value in a POST request or cookie, then specifying the attack string in the URL, which causes the get_request_var function to return the wrong value in the $_REQUEST variable, which is cleansed while the original malicious $_GET value remains unmodified, as demonstrated in (1) graph_image.php and (2) graph.php.

Published: 2005-07-06 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2005-2148 is rated Moderate Risk (59.8/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 3.40%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2005-2148

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 4.13% 3.40% -0.73%
2 2025-03-30 4.39% 4.13% -0.26%
3 2025-03-29 — 4.39% —

Full EPSS history (8 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2005-2148

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 10.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2005-2148

OS Trackers for CVE-2005-2148

vendor priority summary link
debian high CVE-2005-2148 high priority: Debian including 1 source packages (cacti), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2005-2148
suse medium — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2005-2148/
ubuntu medium CVE-2005-2148 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (cacti), 4 status rows across 4 suites (dapper, edgy, feisty, upstream): released 3, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2005-2148

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2005-2148

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
the_cacti_group cacti 0.8 cpe:2.3:a:the_cacti_group:cacti:0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
the_cacti_group cacti 0.8.1 cpe:2.3:a:the_cacti_group:cacti:0.8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
the_cacti_group cacti 0.8.2 cpe:2.3:a:the_cacti_group:cacti:0.8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
the_cacti_group cacti 0.8.2a cpe:2.3:a:the_cacti_group:cacti:0.8.2a:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
the_cacti_group cacti 0.8.3 cpe:2.3:a:the_cacti_group:cacti:0.8.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
the_cacti_group cacti 0.8.3a cpe:2.3:a:the_cacti_group:cacti:0.8.3a:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
the_cacti_group cacti 0.8.4 cpe:2.3:a:the_cacti_group:cacti:0.8.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
the_cacti_group cacti 0.8.5 cpe:2.3:a:the_cacti_group:cacti:0.8.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
the_cacti_group cacti 0.8.5a cpe:2.3:a:the_cacti_group:cacti:0.8.5a:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
the_cacti_group cacti 0.8.6 cpe:2.3:a:the_cacti_group:cacti:0.8.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
the_cacti_group cacti 0.8.6a cpe:2.3:a:the_cacti_group:cacti:0.8.6a:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
the_cacti_group cacti 0.8.6b cpe:2.3:a:the_cacti_group:cacti:0.8.6b:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
the_cacti_group cacti 0.8.6c cpe:2.3:a:the_cacti_group:cacti:0.8.6c:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
the_cacti_group cacti 0.8.6d cpe:2.3:a:the_cacti_group:cacti:0.8.6d:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
the_cacti_group cacti 0.8.6e cpe:2.3:a:the_cacti_group:cacti:0.8.6e:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2005-2148

URL Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/15490
http://securitytracker.com/id?1014361
http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?forum_id=10360&max_rows=25&style=flat&viewmonth=200507&viewday=1 Patch
http://www.cacti.net/downloads/patches/0.8.6e/cacti-0.8.6f_security.patch Patch
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-764
http://www.hardened-php.net/advisory-032005.php Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.hardened-php.net/advisory-042005.php Patch
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/404047/30/30/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/404054
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14128
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14129
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/0951
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/21266
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/21270
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