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CVE-2017-12927

17
FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-12927 describes a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Cacti version 1.1.17, specifically within the 'method' parameter of spikekill.php. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 6.1) can be exploited remotely with low attack complexity, requiring user interaction to achieve partial confidentiality and integrity impact. While no active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion has been observed, organizations using affected Cacti versions should still address this XSS flaw.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.1.17CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:cacti:cacti:1.1.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

6.1MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
2.7
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.37%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
69.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0137 is in the 81st percentile among its peer group of 26,234 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

References

github.com / Cacti/cacti/commit/a032ce0be6a4ea47862c594e40a619ac8de1ef99
Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
github.com / Cacti/cacti/issues/907
Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/100490
securitytracker.com / id/1039208
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry