Description
PHP remote file inclusion vulnerability in config_settings.php in Cacti before 0.8.6e allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via the config[include_path] parameter.
Fixed in Linux distributions
Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.
Debian
Security tracker ↗Public exploits
Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.
Third-party code, not reviewed by us. Public PoCs are sometimes fake or contain malware. Read the code first and run it only in an isolated lab, against systems you are authorised to test.
Exploit-DB 1
- RaXnet Cacti 0.5/0.6/0.8 - 'Config_Settings.php' Remote File Inclusion EDB-25857 · webapps · Jun 20, 2005 · verified
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
Advisories 1
- DSA-764-1 cacti - several Debian Security (DSA / DLA) · Mar 9, 2026
References
- 20050622 Multiple Vendor Cacti config_settings.php Remote Code Execution Vulnerability third-party-advisory
- 17425 vdb-entry
- CLSA-2005:978 vendor-advisory
- http://www.cacti.net/release_notes_0_8_6e.php
- cacti-configsettings-file-include(21119) vdb-entry
- GLSA-200506-20 vendor-advisory
- DSA-764 vendor-advisory
- 1014252 vdb-entry
- 15931 third-party-advisory
- 14028 vdb-entry
- 15490 third-party-advisory