Cross-site Scripting (XSS) Affecting cacti package, versions <0:1.1.16-1.16.amzn1


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.07% (32nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN201803-CACTI-1708053
  • published27 Sept 2021
  • disclosed6 Jul 2017

Introduced: 6 Jul 2017

CVE-2017-10970  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-79  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2018.03 cacti to version 0:1.1.16-1.16.amzn1 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS-2017-874.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream cacti package and not the cacti package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2018.03 relevant fixed versions and status.

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in link.php in Cacti 1.1.12 allows remote anonymous users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the id parameter, related to the die_html_input_error function in lib/html_validate.php.