Medium severity · published Aug 1, 2018
CVE-2016-8639
It was found that foreman before 1.13.0 is vulnerable to a stored XSS via an organization or location name
5.4
CVSS
1.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
It was found that foreman before 1.13.0 is vulnerable to a stored XSS via an organization or location name. This could allow an attacker with privileges to set the organization or location name to display arbitrary HTML including scripting code within the web interface.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.2% · higher than 67% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
FO
foreman · The Foreman Project
1.13.0 · source: vendor, NVD
SA
Satellite · Redhat
6.3 · source: NVD
SC
Satellite Capsule · Redhat
6.3 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-8639
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-8639
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94263
Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0336
Issue Tracking
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-8639
Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/theforeman/foreman/pull/3523
Vendor Advisory
https://projects.theforeman.org/issues/15037
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