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Fencer Vulns
medium 6.1

CVE-2017-16785 json

Cacti 1.1.27 has reflected XSS via the PATH_INFO to host.php.

published 2017-11-10 8 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2017-7963

cvss
6.1
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.0%
EPSS 1.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 62%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Cacti 1.1.27 has reflected XSS via the PATH_INFO to host.php.

Patch / fix

  • cacti Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1.1.27+ds1-3

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2017-16785

  • cacti openSUSE Tumbleweed 1.2.18-1.2

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:10670-1

  • cacti Arch Linux 1.1.28-1

arch linux advisories AVG-537

Exploit prediction

0.99% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 62% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • github.com https://github.com/Cacti/cacti/issues/1071 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 6.1 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
NVD 2.0 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.