SB2017070419 - Fedora EPEL 6 update for cacti

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SB2017070419 - Fedora EPEL 6 update for cacti

Published: July 4, 2017 Updated: April 24, 2025

Security Bulletin ID SB2017070419
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Data manipulation

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.


1) Cross-site scripting (XSS) (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-10970)

Vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform Cross-site scripting attacks.

An input validation error exists in link.php in Cacti 1.1.12 when processing the id parameter, related to the die_html_input_error function in lib/html_validate.php. A remote attacker can trick the victim to follow a specially specially crafted link and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in victim's browser in security context of vulnerable website.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to steal potentially sensitive information, change appearance of the web page, perform phishing and drive-by-download attacks.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References