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CVE-2017-12978

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.4 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2017-08-21 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-79

Description

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

Affected products

• cacti: through 1.1.17

References

• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039226
• https://github.com/Cacti/cacti/blob/develop/docs/CHANGELOG
• https://github.com/Cacti/cacti/commit/9c610a7a4e29595dcaf7d7082134e4b89619ea24
• https://github.com/Cacti/cacti/issues/918
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039226
• https://github.com/Cacti/cacti/blob/develop/docs/CHANGELOG
• https://github.com/Cacti/cacti/commit/9c610a7a4e29595dcaf7d7082134e4b89619ea24
• https://github.com/Cacti/cacti/issues/918

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