Medium
Security advisory
lib/html.php in Cacti before 1.1.18 has XSS via the title field of an external link added by an authenticated user.
- Products
- Not specified
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- Not specified
- CVEs
- CVE-2017-12978
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 09:51 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
lib/html.php in Cacti before 1.1.18 has XSS via the title field of an external link added by an authenticated user.
osv:CVE-2017-12978
Complete source record
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