CVE-2016-8608

MEDIUM
5.4
CVSS Score
Published: August 1, 2018 at 02:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:54 AM UTC
3 products affected across 1 vendorJBoss Bpm SuiteJBoss Business Rules Management SystemJBoss Brms

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Severity
MEDIUM5.4
Exploit prediction
EPSS 1%

Description

JBoss BRMS 6 and BPM Suite 6 are vulnerable to a stored XSS via business process editor. The flaw is due to an incomplete fix for CVE-2016-5398. Remote, authenticated attackers that have privileges to create business processes can store scripts in them, which are not properly sanitized before showing to other users, including admins.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

References (4)

Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHATBroken Link
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2822.html
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHATBroken Link
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2823.html
VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94568
x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingVendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-8608

CVSS

5.4MEDIUMredhat
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality
LOW
Integrity
LOW
Availability
NONE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-79

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