CVE-2016-8634

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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.

5.4 /10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

V3 Legend

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Exploitability : 2.3 / Impact : 2.7

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact LOW

Integrity Impact LOW

Availability Impact NONE

Scope CHANGED

3.5 /10

CVSS v2.0 : LOW

V2 Legend

Vector : AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N

Exploitability : 6.8 / Impact : 2.9

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity MEDIUM

Authentication SINGLE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact NONE

References
Link Resource
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94206 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-8634 Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://projects.theforeman.org/issues/17195 Vendor Advisory
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:theforeman:foreman:1.14.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
History

12 Feb 2023, 23:26

Type Values Removed Values Added
References
  • {'url': 'https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1391520', 'name': 'https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1391520', 'tags': [], 'refsource': 'MISC'}
  • {'url': 'https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0336', 'name': 'https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0336', 'tags': [], 'refsource': 'MISC'}
  • {'url': 'https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-8634', 'name': 'https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-8634', 'tags': [], 'refsource': 'MISC'}
Summary CVE-2016-8634 foreman: Stored XSS in org/loc wizard 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.

02 Feb 2023, 21:17

Type Values Removed Values Added
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. CVE-2016-8634 foreman: Stored XSS in org/loc wizard
References
  • (MISC) https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1391520 -
  • (MISC) https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0336 -
  • (MISC) https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-8634 -
Information

Published : 2018-08-01 12:29

Updated : 2023-12-10 12:44

NVD link : CVE-2016-8634

Mitre link : CVE-2016-8634

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2016-8634

JSON object : View

Products Affected

theforeman

  • foreman
CWE
CWE-79

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