Medium severity · published Jul 26, 2018
CVE-2017-7535
foreman before version 1.16.0 is vulnerable to a stored XSS in organizations/locations assignment to hosts
6.1
CVSS
1.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
foreman before version 1.16.0 is vulnerable to a stored XSS in organizations/locations assignment to hosts. Exploiting this requires a user to actively assign hosts to an organization that contains html in its name which is visible to the user prior to taking action.
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)1.5% · higher than 74% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
FO
Foreman · Theforeman
before 1.16.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-7535
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-7535
Mailing List
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2017/q3/521
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99604
Issue Tracking
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2017-7535
Vendor Advisory
https://projects.theforeman.org/issues/20963
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