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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2017-12066

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. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix (lack of the htmlspecialchars ENT_QUOTES flag) for CVE-2017-11163.

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31 Oct 2026, 09:43 UTC · Revision 1

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CVE-2017-12066

core-osv · Original source

Published 1 Aug 2017, 05:29 UTC

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. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix (lack of the htmlspecialchars ENT_QUOTES flag) for CVE-2017-11163.

osv:CVE-2017-12066
Complete source record
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    "summary": "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. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix (lack of the htmlspecialchars ENT_QUOTES flag) for CVE-2017-11163.",
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      "modified": "2026-10-20T10:47:42.235703082Z",
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        "https://github.com/Cacti/cacti/commit/bd0e586f6f46d814930226f1516a194e7e72293e",
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