Cacti before 1.1.37 has XSS because it does not properly reject unintended characters, related to use of the sanitize_uri function in lib/f…

published 2018-04-12 8y ago modified 2026-06-17 4mo ago also EUVD-2018-2142

cvss: 5.4; version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 1.0%; EPSS 1.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 63%
public exploits: 0; none known

Cacti before 1.1.37 has XSS because it does not properly reject unintended characters, related to use of the sanitize_uri function in lib/functions.php.

Patch / fix

distros 1 links 1

cacti Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1.1.37+ds1-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2018-10060

github.com/Cacti/cacti/issues/1457 advisory

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Exploit prediction

1.00% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 63% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

github.com https://github.com/Cacti/cacti/issues/1457 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	3.1	5.4	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
NVD	2.0	3.5	AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N

Classification

Weakness

CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation

References

github.com /Cacti/cacti/issues/1457
exploit, patch, third-party-advisory
cacti.net /changelog.php
release-notes
securitytracker.com /id/1040620
vdb-entry, third-party-advisory
lists.debian.org /debian-lts-announce/2022/03/msg00038.html
mailing-list, third-party-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2018-10060
NVD CVE-2018-10060

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