CVE-2006-6799
HIGH · CVSS 7.5EPSS 2.6%EU EUVD
SQL injection vulnerability in Cacti 0.8.6i and earlier, when register_argc_argv is enabled, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the (1) second or (2) third arguments to cmd.php. NOTE: this issue can be leveraged to execute arbitrary commands since the SQL query results are later used in the polling_items array and popen function.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 7.5 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P- EPSS score
- 2.6% (85th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2006-6782)
- Published
- December 28, 2006
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2006-6782 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- the cacti group / cacti
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23528(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23665
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23917
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23941
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200701-23.xml
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1017451
- http://www.cacti.net/release_notes_0_8_6j.php
- http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1250
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:015
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_07_cacti.html
- http://www.openpkg.com/security/advisories/OpenPKG-SA-2007.001.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/457290/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21799
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/5193
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/31177
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/3029
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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