CVE-2026-71287CWE-89sql-injection

CVE-2026-71287

High · published August 5, 2026

CVSS v3.1
8.8
EPSS
1%
Percentile
45.2
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

Cacti's sanitize_sql_column (lib/functions.php) sanitizes user-supplied ORDER BY column names using the regex . Because this allowlist retains letters, digits, underscore, parentheses, and dot (intended to support expressions like COUNT(id) and table.column), a payload such as passes through completely unmodified.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
8.8 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00549 · 45.2th percentile
Weakness
CWE-89 · Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection')
Published
2026-08-05T17:24Z
References (2)
https://github.com/Cacti/cacti · 309f9ea4-e3e9-4c6c-b79d-e8eb01244f2chttps://github.com/Cacti/cacti/blob/develop/lib/functions.php · 309f9ea4-e3e9-4c6c-b79d-e8eb01244f2c
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 05 AUG 12:26Z
    Cacti sanitize_sql_column() Regex Allowlist Permits SQL Time-Delay Functions Leading to Blind SQL Injection
    cvelistv5