CVE-2016-8639

foreman: Stored XSS via organization/location with HTML in name

Severity Score

5.4

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

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.

Se ha detectado que Foreman en versiones anteriores a la 1.13.0 es vulnerable a Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) persistente mediante un nombre de organización o ubicación. Esto podría permitir que un atacante con privilegios para establecer el nombre de organización o ubicación muestre HTML arbitrario, incluyendo código de scripting en la interfaz web.

It was found that foreman 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.

*Credits: N/A

CVSS Scores

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Changed

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

Low

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Changed

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

Low

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Medium

Authentication

Single

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

Partial

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Medium

Authentication

Single

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

Partial

Availability

None

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2016-10-12 CVE Reserved
2018-02-20 CVE Published
2023-12-23 EPSS Updated
2024-08-06 CVE Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

CAPEC

References (7)

URL	Tag	Source
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94263	Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-8639	Issue Tracking
https://github.com/theforeman/foreman/pull/3523	Third Party Advisory

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0336	2023-11-07
https://projects.theforeman.org/issues/15037	2023-11-07
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-8639	2018-02-21
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1393291	2018-02-21

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Theforeman Search vendor "Theforeman"		Foreman Search vendor "Theforeman" for product "Foreman"				< 1.13.0 Search vendor "Theforeman" for product "Foreman" and version " < 1.13.0"		-		Affected
Redhat Search vendor "Redhat"		Satellite Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Satellite"				6.3 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Satellite" and version "6.3"		-		Affected
Redhat Search vendor "Redhat"		Satellite Capsule Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Satellite Capsule"				6.3 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Satellite Capsule" and version "6.3"		-		Affected