Cacti 'spikekill.php' Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	100490
Class:	Input Validation Error
CVE:	CVE-2017-12927
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Aug 17 2017 12:00AM
Updated:	Aug 17 2017 12:00AM
Credit:	kevinoclam
Vulnerable:	Cacti Cacti 1.1.17
Not Vulnerable:

Cacti 'spikekill.php' Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

Cacti is prone to a cross-site scripting vulnerability because it fails to sanitize user-supplied input.

An attacker may leverage this issue to execute arbitrary script code in the browser of an unsuspecting user in the context of the affected site. This may allow the attacker to steal cookie-based authentication credentials and launch other attacks.

Cacti 1.1.17 is vulnerable; other versions may also be affected.

Cacti 'spikekill.php' Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

An attacker can exploit this issue by enticing an unsuspecting user into visiting a specially crafted URL.

Cacti 'spikekill.php' Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

Solution:
Updates are available. Please see the references or vendor advisory for more information.

Cacti 'spikekill.php' Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

References:

• Cacti Homepage (Cacti)
  
• Resolving Issue #907 (Cacti)
  
• xss in spikekill.php via para method #907 (Cacti)