CVE-2018-16861

HIGH
7.6
CVSS Score
Published: December 7, 2018 at 07:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:44 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorForeman

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Severity
HIGH7.6
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.9%

Description

A cross-site scripting (XSS) flaw was found in the foreman component of satellite. An attacker with privilege to create entries using the Hosts, Monitor, Infrastructure, or Administer Menus is able to execute a XSS attacks against other users, possibly leading to malicious code execution and extraction of the anti-CSRF token of higher privileged users. Foreman before 1.18.3, 1.19.1, and 1.20.0 are vulnerable.

Affected

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

v < 1.18.31.19.0 ≤ v < 1.19.11.18.31.19.11.20.0 rc11.20.0 rc2
Affected range stops below 1.18.3, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 1.19.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

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

References (2)

x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-16861

CVSS

7.6HIGHredhat
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
LOW
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-79

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