CVE-2020-7237

Name	CVE-2020-7237
Description	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.
Source	CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, bugtraq, EDB, Metasploit, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, Mageia, GitHub code/issues, web search, more)
NVD severity	high
Debian Bugs	949997

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source Package	Release	Version	Status
cacti (PTS)	jessie	0.8.8b+dfsg-8+deb8u6	fixed
	jessie (security)	0.8.8b+dfsg-8+deb8u9	fixed
	stretch (security), stretch	0.8.8h+ds1-10+deb9u1	vulnerable
	buster, buster (security)	1.2.2+ds1-2+deb10u2	vulnerable
	bullseye, sid	1.2.12+ds1-1	fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version	Urgency	Origin	Debian Bugs
cacti	source	(unstable)	1.2.9+ds1-1			949997
cacti	source	jessie	(not affected)

Notes

[jessie] - cacti <not-affected> (Vulnerable code introduced later)
https://github.com/Cacti/cacti/issues/3201
https://github.com/Cacti/cacti/commit/5010719dbd160198be3e07bb994cf237e3af1308