What is CVE-2018-10059?

CVE-2018-10059 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cacti, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2018-04-12.

How severe is CVE-2018-10059?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.

XSS in Cacti

CVE-2018-10059

Cacti before 1.1.37 has XSS because the get_current_page function in lib/functions.php relies on $_SERVER['PHP_SELF'] instead of $_SERVER['SCRIPT_NAME'] to determine a page name.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2018-04-12 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.011 (64.2th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 64th percentile — 64.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.011 · newest: 0.011 · change: -0.000

Affected products

Cacti

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

github.com/Cacti/cacti/issues/1457 (Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
www.cacti.net/changelog.php (Vendor Advisory)
www.securitytracker.com/id/1040620 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-10059?: CVE-2018-10059 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cacti, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2018-04-12.
How severe is CVE-2018-10059?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.