5.4

CVE-2017-12978: cacti

Modified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2017-12978DEBIAN-CVE-2017-12978
Published 21-08-2017Last modified 05-08-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2017-12978 is a medium (CVSS 5.4) vulnerability in cacti. EPSS estimates a 0.79% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 56.2% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Routine

Not severe (CVSS 5.4, network access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
5.4/10
010
Medium · v3.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.79%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 1 · Related 1
OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10670-1

Timeline

  1. 21-08-2017
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 05-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

0.79%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

56%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 0.79% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: network-reachable, low-privilege account, user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Cacti1 product
Debian1 product
  • cacti< 1.1.18+ds1-1
Ubuntu1 product
  • cacti< 1.1.18+ds1-1

3 vendors · 3 products

References

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