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CVE-2017-10970

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in link.php in Cacti 1.1.12 allows remote anonymous...

5.4 MediumFix available

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.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges needed
None
User interaction
Required

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None

Exploit likelihood

0.64%Unchanged since Apr 14, 2021
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 5.4

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.

Record
CVE-2017-10970
CVSS 3.0
5.4 MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
CVSS 2.0
4.3 MediumAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Weakness
CWE-79
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

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.

Record
CVE-2017-10970
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2017-2608 No score

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.

Record
EUVD-2017-2608
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-fg3c-pj38-fxr2 5.4

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in link.php in Cacti 1.1.12 allows remote anonymous...

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.

Record
GHSA-fg3c-pj38-fxr2
CVSS 3.0
5.4 MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
Weakness
CWE-79
Updated
2026-11-02
OSV 5.4

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.

Record
CVE-2017-10970
CVSS 3.0
5.4 MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2017-10970 5.4

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.

Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2017-10970
CVSS 3.0
5.4 MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVMGASA-2017-0267 No score

Updated cacti packages fix security vulnerabilities

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 (CVE-2017-10970).

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in aggregate_graphs.php in Cacti 1.1.12 allows remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via specially crafted HTTP Referer headers, related to the $cancel_url variable (CVE-2017-11163).

A Cross-site scripting vulnerability exists in cacti before 1.1.14 in the user profile managment page (auth_profile.php), allowing inject arbitrary web script or HTML via specially crafted HTTP Referer headers (CVE-2017-11691).

spikekill.php in Cacti before 1.1.16 might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via the avgnan, outlier-start, or outlier-end parameter (CVE-2017-12065).

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 (CVE-2017-12066).

Record
MGASA-2017-0267
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2024:10670-1 No score

cacti-1.2.18-1.2 on GA media

These are all security issues fixed in the cacti-1.2.18-1.2 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.

Record
openSUSE-SU-2024:10670-1
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
cacti
Debian:12
 before 1.1.12+ds1-1
1.1.12+ds1-1
cacti
Debian:13
 before 1.1.12+ds1-1
1.1.12+ds1-1
cacti
Debian:14
 before 1.1.12+ds1-1
1.1.12+ds1-1
cacti
Mageia:6
From an advisory covering 5 CVEs
 before 1.1.16-1.mga6
1.1.16-1.mga6
cacti
openSUSE:Tumbleweed
From an advisory covering 31 CVEs
 before 1.2.18-1.2
1.2.18-1.2

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
affected, facts
aliasesEUVD
first indexedCVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2017-10970 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.4) in Cacti, published July 6, 2017. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.64%, the 50th percentile. Fixed in cacti 1.1.12+ds1-1.

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