CVE-2026-71287 (GCVE-0-2026-71287)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-05 12:26 – Updated: 2026-08-10 11:47
VLAI
Title
Cacti sanitize_sql_column() Regex Allowlist Permits SQL Time-Delay Functions Leading to Blind SQL Injection
Summary
Cacti's sanitize_sql_column (lib/functions.php) sanitizes user-supplied ORDER BY column names using the regex . Because this allowlist retains letters, digits, underscore, parentheses, and dot (intended to support expressions like COUNT(id) and table.column), a payload such as passes through completely unmodified.
Severity
8.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-08-05 15:48 UTC
CWE
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Cacti cacti Affected: 0 , ≤ 1.3.0-dev (semver)
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Date Public
2026-08-05 12:26
Credits
Saidakbarxon Maxsudxonov
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