CVE-2020-7237: Cacti

High severity, CVSS 8.8. EPSS: 37.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Cacti 1.2.8 allows Remote Code Execution (by privileged users) via shell metacharacters in the Performance Boost Debug Log field of poller_automation.php. OS commands are executed when a new poller cycle begins. The attacker must be authenticated, and must have access to modify the Performance Settings of the product.

Affected products

• Cacti Cacti: version 1.2.8 only

Published 2020-01-20. Last modified 2026-06-17.