CVE-2016-8639
MEDIUM
6.1
CVSS Score
Published: August 1, 2018 at 01:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:54 AM UTC
3 products affected across 2 vendorsSatelliteForemanSatellite Capsule
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Severity
MEDIUM6.1
Exploit prediction
EPSS 1%
Description
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.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
v < 1.13.01.13.0
Affected range stops below 1.13.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (5)
VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94263Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0336x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-8639x_refsource_CONFIRMThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/theforeman/foreman/pull/3523x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://projects.theforeman.org/issues/15037CVSS
6.1MEDIUMredhat
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- REQUIRED
- Scope
- CHANGED
- Confidentiality
- LOW
- Integrity
- LOW
- Availability
- NONE
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-79
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