Medium severity · published Aug 1, 2017
CVE-2017-12066
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in aggregate_graphs.php in Cacti before 1.1.16 allows remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via specially…
5.4
CVSS
1.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in aggregate_graphs.php in Cacti before 1.1.16 allows remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via specially crafted HTTP Referer headers, related to the $cancel_url variable. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix (lack of the htmlspecialchars ENT_QUOTES flag) for CVE-2017-11163.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.4% · higher than 73% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
CA
Cacti · Cacti
through 1.1.15 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-12066
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-12066
Release Notes
https://cacti.net/release_notes.php?version=1.1.16
Issue Tracking
https://github.com/Cacti/cacti/commit/bd0e586f6f46d814930226f1516a194e7e72293e
Issue Tracking
https://github.com/Cacti/cacti/issues/877
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