Medium severity · published Aug 19, 2016
CVE-2016-6319
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in app/helpers/form_helper.rb in Foreman before 1.12.2, as used by Remote Execution and possibly other plugins, allows remote attackers to…
6.1
CVSS
2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in app/helpers/form_helper.rb in Foreman before 1.12.2, as used by Remote Execution and possibly other plugins, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the label parameter.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)2.0% · higher than 80% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
FO
Foreman · Theforeman
through 1.12.1 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-6319
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-6319
Vendor Advisory
http://projects.theforeman.org/issues/16019
Vendor Advisory
http://projects.theforeman.org/issues/16024
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92429
access.redhat.com
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0336
Issue Tracking
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1365815
Patch
https://github.com/theforeman/foreman/commit/0f35fe14acf0d0d3b55e9337bc5e2b9640ff2372
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