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FreeBSD : Cacti -- XSS (XSS) vulnerability in link.php (dc3c66e8-6a18-11e7-93af-005056925db4)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 101784

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Synopsis

The remote FreeBSD host is missing a security-related update.

Description

kimiizhang reports :

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in link.php in Cacti 1.1.12 allows remote anonymous users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the id parameter.

Solution

Update the affected package.

See Also

https://github.com/Cacti/cacti/issues/838

https://www.cacti.net/release_notes.php?version=1.1.13

http://www.nessus.org/u?1c8d28cb

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 101784

File Name: freebsd_pkg_dc3c66e86a1811e793af005056925db4.nasl

Version: 3.5

Type: local

Published: 7/18/2017

Updated: 12/10/2025

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-10970

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.4

Temporal Score: 4.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:cacti, cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/FreeBSD/release, Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/17/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/5/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-10970