CVE-2016-8634
CVSS V2 Low 3.5
CVSS V3 Medium 5.4
Description
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.
Overview
- CVE ID
- CVE-2016-8634
- Assigner
- secalert@redhat.com
- Vulnerability Status
- Modified
- Published Version
- 2018-08-01T12:29:00
- Last Modified Date
- 2023-02-12T23:26:13
Weakness Enumerations
CPE Configuration (Product)
| CPE | Vulnerable | Operator | Version Start | Version End |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:theforeman:foreman:1.14.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 1 | OR |
CVSS Version 2
- Version
- 2.0
- Vector String
- AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N
- Access Vector
- NETWORK
- Access Compatibility
- MEDIUM
- Authentication
- SINGLE
- Confidentiality Impact
- NONE
- Integrity Impact
- PARTIAL
- Availability Impact
- NONE
- Base Score
- 3.5
- Severity
- LOW
- Exploitability Score
- 6.8
- Impact Score
- 2.9
CVSS Version 3
- Version
- 3.0
- Vector String
- CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Attack Compatibility
- LOW
- Privileges Required
- LOW
- User Interaction
- REQUIRED
- Scope
- CHANGED
- Confidentiality Impact
- LOW
- Availability Impact
- NONE
- Base Score
- 5.4
- Base Severity
- MEDIUM
- Exploitability Score
- 2.3
- Impact Score
- 2.7
References
| Reference URL | Reference Tags |
|---|---|
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94206 | Third Party Advisory VDB Entry |
| https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0336 | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-8634 | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1391520 | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-8634 | Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory |
| https://projects.theforeman.org/issues/17195 | Vendor Advisory |
Sources
| Source Name | Source URL |
|---|---|
| NIST | https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-8634 |
| MITRE | https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-8634 |
History
| Created | Old Value | New Value | Data Type | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-05-10 17:13:52 | Added to TrackCVE | |||
| 2022-12-03 10:46:35 | 2018-08-01T12:29Z | 2018-08-01T12:29:00 | CVE Published Date | updated |
| 2022-12-03 10:46:35 | 2019-10-09T23:20:06 | CVE Modified Date | updated | |
| 2022-12-03 10:46:35 | Modified | Vulnerability Status | updated | |
| 2023-02-02 22:08:34 | 2023-02-02T21:17:24 | CVE Modified Date | updated | |
| 2023-02-02 22:08:36 | 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 | Description | updated |
| 2023-02-02 22:08:38 | References | updated | ||
| 2023-02-13 01:08:23 | 2023-02-12T23:26:13 | CVE Modified Date | updated | |
| 2023-02-13 01:08:24 | 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. | Description | updated |