CVE-2016-8639

MEDIUM

Foreman < 1.13.0 - Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Organization or Location Name

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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.

References (5)

Core 5
Core References
Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-8639
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0336
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://github.com/theforeman/foreman/pull/3523
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94263
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://projects.theforeman.org/issues/15037

Scores

CVSS v3 6.1
EPSS 0.0116
EPSS Percentile 63.7%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Details

CWE
CWE-79
Status published
Products (3)
redhat/satellite 6.3
redhat/satellite_capsule 6.3
theforeman/foreman < 1.13.0
Published Aug 01, 2018
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026