CVE-2016-8639

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Summary

CVECVE-2016-8639
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2018-08-01 13:29:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 02:36:00 UTC
DescriptionIt 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-79

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Redhat Satellite 6.3 All All All
Application Redhat Satellite 6.3 All All All
Application Redhat Satellite Capsule 6.3 All All All
Application Redhat Satellite Capsule 6.3 All All All
Application Theforeman Foreman All All All All
Application Theforeman Foreman All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Foreman CVE-2016-8639 Multiple HTML Injection Vulnerabilities BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Refactor #15037: Improve editable elements - Foreman CONFIRM projects.theforeman.org Vendor Advisory
Fixes #15037 - Improves editable elements in settings by amirfefer · Pull Request #3523 · theforeman/foreman · GitHub CONFIRM github.com Third Party Advisory
1393291 – (CVE-2016-8639) CVE-2016-8639 foreman: Stored XSS via organization/location with HTML in name CONFIRM bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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