CVE-2016-8639

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.

CVSS v3 5.4 MEDIUM
CVSS v2.0 3.5 LOW

5.4^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

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

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/94263	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0336	Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-8639	Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/theforeman/foreman/pull/3523	Third Party Advisory
https://projects.theforeman.org/issues/15037	Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:theforeman:foreman:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:redhat:satellite:6.3:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:redhat:satellite_capsule:6.3:::::::*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2018-08-01 13:29

Updated : 2023-12-10 12:44

NVD link : CVE-2016-8639

Mitre link : CVE-2016-8639

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2016-8639

JSON object : View

Products Affected

redhat

satellite_capsule
satellite

theforeman

foreman

CWE

CWE-79

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

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