CVE-2017-12978
lib/html.php in Cacti before 1.1.18 has XSS via the title field of an external link added by an authenticated user.
02 Description
lib/html.php in Cacti before 1.1.18 has XSS via the title field of an external link added by an authenticated user.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 0.78% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 55.7% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 5.4 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2017-08-21 07:00Z9 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-05 18:51Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2017-08-21
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-79Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')Base
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- d5b01a47c1737d7a1f492e632f2ab9027b4d5ab09def1e262dcd8661b12d3e17
05 Affected products
06 References
- github.comhttps://github.com/Cacti/cacti/commit/9c610a7a4e29595dcaf7d7082134e4b89619ea24
- www.securitytracker.com1039226http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039226
- github.comhttps://github.com/Cacti/cacti/issues/918
- github.comhttps://github.com/Cacti/cacti/blob/develop/docs/CHANGELOG
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- cacti Fixed in 1.1.18+ds1-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- cacti Fixed in 1.1.18+ds1-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- cacti Fixed in 1.1.18+ds1-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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