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CVE-2020-8813

A public proof of concept exists; no exploitation attested.

  • Published2020-02-22
  • WeaknessCWE-78

Am I affected?

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Description

graph_realtime.php in Cacti 1.2.8 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary OS commands via shell metacharacters in a cookie, if a guest user has the graph real-time privilege.

Timeline

dates in UTC
  1. 2020-02-03Exploit-DB entryExploit-DB
  2. 2020-02-2202:15CVE publishedNVD

Observed activity

isMalicious corpus · updated 2026-11-03 21:37 UTC
Indicators tagged with this CVE, per day0 indicators over 7 days
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Versions per branch

NVD
Cacti
BranchAffectedFixed in
1.2= 1.2.8no fix published
Fedoraproject fedora
BranchAffectedFixed in
30.x= 30no fix published
31.x= 31no fix published
32.x= 32no fix published
Debian debian linux
BranchAffectedFixed in
10.0= 10.0no fix published

2 more products in the sources.

as publishedRanges as NVD and OSV publish them; a distribution’s build can be fixed under an older number.

Distribution builds and vendor advisories

Packages from OSV.dev and products from the vendors' CSAF advisories.

version not verifiedVersions not verified: read as OSV.dev and the vendors publish them, not checked against each vendor's release list.

Packages

  • cactiUbuntu:Pro:18.04:LTSall versions · no fixed version listed
  • cactiUbuntu:Pro:14.04:LTSall versions · no fixed version listed
  • cactiSUSE:Package Hub 15 SP1all versions · fixed in 1.2.11-bp151.4.6.1and 1 other package
  • cactiSUSE:Package Hub 12all versions · fixed in 1.2.11-5.1
  • cactiopenSUSE:Tumbleweedall versions · fixed in 1.2.18-1.2
  • cactiopenSUSE:Leap 15.1all versions · fixed in 1.2.11-5.1
  • cactiDebian:14all versions · fixed in 1.2.10+ds1-1
  • cactiDebian:13all versions · fixed in 1.2.10+ds1-1

19 more package ranges on OSV.dev

Vendor advisories

  • CVE-2020-8813 Red Hat Product Security

    cacti: remote code can be executed when guest users have access to realtime graphs

Full record on NVD

Fix

Advisories and patches

Detection

read 2026-11-03 22:42 UTC
Nuclei template
available
ProjectDiscovery
Exploit-DB
EDB-48144EDB-48145
Exploit-DB
Proof-of-concept repositories
4 repositories, unverifiedmhaskar/CVE-2020-88130xm4ud/Cacti-CVE-2020-8813hexcowboy/CVE-2020-8813p0dalirius/CVE-2020-8813-Cacti-RCE-in-graph_realtime
PoC-in-GitHub
Metasploit modules
none listed
Metasploit Framework

Sources

Identifiers

Technical details

CVSS v3 Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Published
2020-02-22
Last Modified
2026-06-17
NVD status
Modified

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-8813?

graph_realtime.php in Cacti 1.2.8 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary OS commands via shell metacharacters in a cookie, if a guest user has the graph real-time privilege.

Is CVE-2020-8813 actively exploited?

Active exploitation of CVE-2020-8813 has not been confirmed. Its EPSS score was 74.0% on 2026-11-03, the estimated probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2020-8813?

CVE-2020-8813 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.8 (HIGH severity), with vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

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