CVE-2016-4451

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Summary

CVECVE-2016-4451
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2016-08-19 21:59:08 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionThe (1) Organization and (2) Locations APIs in Foreman before 1.11.3 and 1.12.x before 1.12.0-RC1 allow remote authenticated users with unlimited filters to bypass organization and location restrictions and read or modify data for an arbitrary organization by leveraging knowledge of the id of that organization.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.0 5 MEDIUM from [email protected]

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

EPSS: 0.001420000 probability, percentile 0.338760000 (date 2026-05-06)

Problem Types: CWE-254 | n/a

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.0[email protected]Primary5MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
2.0[email protected]Primary6AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS v3.0 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
High
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
Low

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
Single
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Theforeman Foreman 1.12.0 All All All
Application Theforeman Foreman All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 access.redhat.com
Bug #15182: CVE-2016-4451 - Privileges escalation through Organization and Locations API - Foreman af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 projects.theforeman.org Vendor Advisory
Foreman :: Security af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 theforeman.org Vendor Advisory
Revision 1144040f - Fixes #15182 - limit user taxonomies in API (CVE-2016-4451) - Foreman af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 projects.theforeman.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
CVE-2016-4451 - Red Hat Customer Portal MITRE access.redhat.com
1339889 – (CVE-2016-4451) CVE-2016-4451 foreman: privilege escalation through Organization and Locations API MITRE bugzilla.redhat.com
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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