CVE-2017-12978 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

Published: 2017-08-21

Score: 5.4 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:cacti:cacti:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2017-4496	lib/html.php in Cacti before 1.1.18 has XSS via the title field of an external link added by an authenticated user.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication Single

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00268.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039226
https://github.com/Cacti/cacti/blob/develop/docs/CHANGELOG
https://github.com/Cacti/cacti/commit/9c610a7a4e29595dcaf7d7082134e4b89619ea24
https://github.com/Cacti/cacti/issues/918

History

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Subscriptions

Cacti Cacti

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2017-08-21T07:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-05T18:51:07.386Z

Reserved: 2017-08-21T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2017-12978

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-08-21T07:29:00.233

Modified: 2026-05-13T00:24:29.033

Link: CVE-2017-12978

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-79

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