CVE-2016-8634

Summary

CVECVE-2016-8634
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2018-08-01 12:29:00 UTC
Updated2023-02-12 23:26:00 UTC
DescriptionA 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-79

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Theforeman Foreman 1.14.0 All All All
Application Theforeman Foreman 1.14.0 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
1391520 – (CVE-2016-8634) CVE-2016-8634 foreman: Stored XSS in org/loc wizard CONFIRM bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
Bug #17195: CVE-2016-8634 - Organization/location wizard may run stored XSS through alert - Foreman CONFIRM projects.theforeman.org Vendor Advisory
Foreman CVE-2016-8634 HTML Injection Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Red Hat Customer Portal MISC access.redhat.com
CVE-2016-8634 - Red Hat Customer Portal MISC access.redhat.com
1391520 – (CVE-2016-8634) CVE-2016-8634 foreman: Stored XSS in org/loc wizard MISC bugzilla.redhat.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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