6.1med
CVE-2016-8634
A vulnerability was found in foreman 1.14.0.
Published 8 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON
CVSS
6.1
v3.0 · CNA
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
1.1%
percentile 66%
Public exploits
0
none known
Summary
A vulnerability was found in foreman 1.14.0. When creating an organization or location in Foreman, if the name contains HTML then the second step of the wizard (/organizations/id/step2) will render the HTML. This occurs in the alertbox on the page. The result is a stored XSS attack if an organization/location with HTML in the name is created, then a user is linked directly to this URL.
Exploit prediction (EPSS)
1.09% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 66% of all scored CVEs.
CVSS scores
| Assigned by | Version | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CNA | 3.0 | 6.1 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N |
| CNA | 3.0 | 6.1 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N |
| NVD | 3.0 | 5.4 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N |
| NVD | 2.0 | 3.5 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N |
Affected products
- The Foreman Project foreman
Classification
- Weakness
- CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation
References
- securityfocus.com /bid/94206 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred
- bugzilla.redhat.com /show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-8634 · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
- projects.theforeman.org /issues/17195 · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
Sources
- CVE List: CVE-2016-8634
- NVD: CVE-2016-8634
vulnwire keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA; records that alias each other are merged. Machine-readable: JSON.