CVE-2014-4000
Cacti before 1.0.0 allows remote authenticated users to conduct PHP object injection attacks and...
Cacti before 1.0.0 allows remote authenticated users to conduct PHP object injection attacks and execute arbitrary PHP code via a crafted serialized object, related to calling unserialize(stripslashes()).
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
Cacti before 1.0.0 allows remote authenticated users to conduct PHP object injection attacks and execute arbitrary PHP code via a crafted serialized object, related to calling unserialize(stripslashes()).
- Record
CVE-2014-4000- CVSS 3.0
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 6.5 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-94
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Cacti before 1.0.0 allows remote authenticated users to conduct PHP object injection attacks and execute arbitrary PHP code via a crafted serialized object, related to calling unserialize(stripslashes()).
- Record
CVE-2014-4000- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2014-3932 No score
Cacti before 1.0.0 allows remote authenticated users to conduct PHP object injection attacks and execute arbitrary PHP code via a crafted serialized object, related to calling unserialize(stripslashes()).
- Record
EUVD-2014-3932- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-gr67-7v65-6xcw
Cacti before 1.0.0 allows remote authenticated users to conduct PHP object injection attacks and...
Cacti before 1.0.0 allows remote authenticated users to conduct PHP object injection attacks and execute arbitrary PHP code via a crafted serialized object, related to calling unserialize(stripslashes()).
- Record
GHSA-gr67-7v65-6xcw- CVSS 3.0
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-94
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
Cacti before 1.0.0 allows remote authenticated users to conduct PHP object injection attacks and execute arbitrary PHP code via a crafted serialized object, related to calling unserialize(stripslashes()).
- Record
CVE-2014-4000- CVSS 3.0
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2014-4000
Cacti before 1.0.0 allows remote authenticated users to conduct PHP object injection attacks and execute arbitrary PHP code via a crafted serialized object, related to calling unserialize(stripslashes()).
- Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2014-4000- CVSS 3.0
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2014-4000
Cacti before 1.0.0 allows remote authenticated users to conduct PHP object injection attacks and execute arbitrary PHP code via a crafted serialized object, related to calling unserialize(stripslashes()).
- Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2014-4000- CVSS 3.0
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2024:10670-1 No score
cacti-1.2.18-1.2 on GA media
These are all security issues fixed in the cacti-1.2.18-1.2 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.
- Record
openSUSE-SU-2024:10670-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
cactiDebian:12 |
before 0.8.8e+ds1-1 | 0.8.8e+ds1-1 |
cactiDebian:13 |
before 0.8.8e+ds1-1 | 0.8.8e+ds1-1 |
cactiDebian:14 |
before 0.8.8e+ds1-1 | 0.8.8e+ds1-1 |
cactiUbuntu:14.04:LTS |
before 0.8.8b+dfsg-5ubuntu0.2, plus listed versions 0.8.8b+dfsg-30.8.8b+dfsg-50.8.8b+dfsg-5ubuntu0.1 |
0.8.8b+dfsg-5ubuntu0.2 |
cactiopenSUSE:Tumbleweed From an advisory covering 31 CVEs |
before 1.2.18-1.2 | 1.2.18-1.2 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| affected, facts | ||
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2014-4000 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 8.8) in Cacti, published November 15, 2017. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.67%, the 76th percentile. Fixed in cacti 0.8.8e+ds1-1.
References
security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-4000
forums.cacti.net/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=56794
security.gentoo.org/glsa/201711-10
cacti.net/release_notes_1_0_0.php
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-4000
github.com/advisories/GHSA-gr67-7v65-6xcw
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ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-4000
cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-4000
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2006-6799