CVE-2016-8639

moderate-risk
Published 2018-08-01

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.

Do I need to act?

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0.58% chance of exploitation
EPSS score — low exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
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CVSS 6.1/10 Medium
NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Products (3)

Satellite Capsule

Affected Vendors

Redhat Theforeman

References (10)

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
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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moderate-risk
Severity 23/34 · High
Exploitability 2/34 · Minimal
Exposure 9/34 · Low