CVE-2002-1479

mediumpriority · track · 18OT risk · elevatedEPSS 0.005 · 39 %ileEUUS

grimoire priorityP3 · Track

Exploitable?

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no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

0.47% (39th) EPSS

CVSS 4.6 · medium

Is it mine?

11 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

2 sources

enisa_euvd · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-23

Cacti before 0.6.8 stores a MySQL username and password in plaintext in config.php, which has world-readable permissions, which allows local users to modify databases as the Cacti user and possibly gain privileges.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

4.6

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · low–medium · 3.9–4.6

v2.04.6mediumAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:Pprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 6.4

v2.03.9lowAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-256USLLM-inferredCWE-276USLLM-inferred

affected products (11)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

n/a n/a≤ n/aenisa_euvdEU
the cacti group cacti= 0.5nvdUScpe:2.3:a:the_cacti_group:cacti:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
the cacti group cacti= 0.6nvdUScpe:2.3:a:the_cacti_group:cacti:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
the cacti group cacti= 0.6.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:the_cacti_group:cacti:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
the cacti group cacti= 0.6.2nvdUScpe:2.3:a:the_cacti_group:cacti:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
the cacti group cacti= 0.6.3nvdUScpe:2.3:a:the_cacti_group:cacti:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
the cacti group cacti= 0.6.4nvdUScpe:2.3:a:the_cacti_group:cacti:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
the cacti group cacti= 0.6.5nvdUScpe:2.3:a:the_cacti_group:cacti:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
the cacti group cacti= 0.6.6nvdUScpe:2.3:a:the_cacti_group:cacti:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
the cacti group cacti= 0.6.7nvdUScpe:2.3:a:the_cacti_group:cacti:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
the cacti group cacti= 0.6.8nvdUScpe:2.3:a:the_cacti_group:cacti:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

also known as (2)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

enisa_euvd nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2003-04-22modified 2026-06-16

references (8)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-09/0028.html enisa_euvd
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10049.php enisa_euvd
http://www.knights-of-the-routing-table.org/advisories/krt_001_20020903_cacti.txt enisa_euvd
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5628 enisa_euvd
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-09/0028.htmlExploitPatchVendor Advisorynvd
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10049.phpPatchVendor Advisorynvd
http://www.knights-of-the-routing-table.org/advisories/krt_001_20020903_cacti.txtURL Repurposednvd
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5628PatchVendor Advisorynvd

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