Cross-site Scripting (XSS) Affecting cacti package, versions <1.1.18+ds1-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.09% (40th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN13-CACTI-5676235
  • published21 Aug 2017
  • disclosed21 Aug 2017

Introduced: 21 Aug 2017

CVE-2017-12978  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-79  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:13 cacti to version 1.1.18+ds1-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream cacti package and not the cacti package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:13 relevant fixed versions and status.

lib/html.php in Cacti before 1.1.18 has XSS via the title field of an external link added by an authenticated user.