CVE-2016-10700

high

Published 2017-11-24 · Modified 2026-05-13

CVSS v3

8.8

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2

6.5

VIR risk

8.8

Description

auth_login.php in Cacti before 1.0.0 allows remote authenticated users who use web authentication to bypass intended access restrictions by logging in as a user not in the cacti database, because the guest user is not considered. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2016-2313.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

92%

Patch ETA

—

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-10700

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — https://github.com/Cacti/cacti/commit/69983495cd41bf0903fe02baeef84b1fa85f2846

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — http://www.cacti.net/release_notes_1_0_0.php

OS impact

OS	Version	Status	Fixed in
debian	bookworm	fixed	`0.8.8h+ds1-5`
debian	bullseye	fixed	`0.8.8h+ds1-5`
debian	forky	fixed	`0.8.8h+ds1-5`
debian	sid	fixed	`0.8.8h+ds1-5`
debian	trixie	fixed	`0.8.8h+ds1-5`

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
cacti	cacti	`{"endExcluding":"1.0.0"}`	`1.0.0`

References

CWEs

CWE-264

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.