CVE-2017-11691
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in auth_profile.php in Cacti 1.1.13 allows remote...
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in auth_profile.php in Cacti 1.1.13 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via specially crafted HTTP Referer headers.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in auth_profile.php in Cacti 1.1.13 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via specially crafted HTTP Referer headers.
- Record
CVE-2017-11691- CVSS 3.0
- 5.4 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 3.5 Low
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in auth_profile.php in Cacti 1.1.13 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via specially crafted HTTP Referer headers.
- Record
CVE-2017-11691- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2017-3301 No score
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in auth_profile.php in Cacti 1.1.13 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via specially crafted HTTP Referer headers.
- Record
EUVD-2017-3301- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-m35f-jj5j-87x6
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in auth_profile.php in Cacti 1.1.13 allows remote...
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in auth_profile.php in Cacti 1.1.13 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via specially crafted HTTP Referer headers.
- Record
GHSA-m35f-jj5j-87x6- CVSS 3.0
- 5.4 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in auth_profile.php in Cacti 1.1.13 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via specially crafted HTTP Referer headers.
- Record
CVE-2017-11691- CVSS 3.0
- 5.4 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2017-11691
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in auth_profile.php in Cacti 1.1.13 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via specially crafted HTTP Referer headers.
- Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2017-11691- CVSS 3.0
- 5.4 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2017-11691
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in auth_profile.php in Cacti 1.1.13 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via specially crafted HTTP Referer headers.
- Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2017-11691- CVSS 3.0
- 5.4 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/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
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
cactiDebian:12 |
before 1.1.15+ds1-1 | 1.1.15+ds1-1 |
cactiDebian:13 |
before 1.1.15+ds1-1 | 1.1.15+ds1-1 |
cactiDebian:14 |
before 1.1.15+ds1-1 | 1.1.15+ds1-1 |
cactiMageia:6 From an advisory covering 5 CVEs |
before 1.1.16-1.mga6 | 1.1.16-1.mga6 |
cactiopenSUSE:Tumbleweed From an advisory covering 31 CVEs |
before 1.2.18-1.2 | 1.2.18-1.2 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| affected, facts | ||
| affected | ||
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2017-11691 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.4) in Cacti, published July 27, 2017. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.99%, the 80th percentile. Fixed in cacti 1.1.15+ds1-1.
References
github.com/Cacti/cacti/commit/104090aeead4aa433bf1f18cd6d52dcfeb71236c
securityfocus.com/bid/100022
securitytracker.com/id/1038982
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-11691
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security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-11691
advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2017-0267.html
bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=21242
cacti.net/changelog.php
lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/thread/7MRJCGVNDLW7RCTYSL72XGP74PCMOIH2
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/07/27/1
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2017-08/msg00018.html
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-11691
cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-11691
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2006-6799