Foreman CVE-2014-3491 Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	68315
Class:	Input Validation Error
CVE:	CVE-2014-3491
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	May 22 2014 12:00AM
Updated:	May 22 2014 12:00AM
Credit:	Dominic Cleal
Vulnerable:	Foreman Foreman 1.5 Foreman Foreman 1.4.3 Foreman Foreman 1.4.2 Foreman Foreman 1.4.1 Foreman Foreman 1.4
Not Vulnerable:	Foreman Foreman 1.5.1 Foreman Foreman 1.4.5

Foreman CVE-2014-3491 Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

Foreman is prone to a cross-site scripting vulnerability because it fails to sufficiently sanitize user-supplied input.

An attacker may leverage this issue to execute arbitrary script code in an unsuspecting user's browser in the context of the affected site. This may allow the attacker to steal cookie-based authentication credentials and launch other attacks.

Versions prior to Foreman 1.4.5 and 1.5.1 are vulnerable.

Foreman CVE-2014-3491 Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

To exploit this issue an attacker must entice an unsuspecting user to follow a malicious URI.

Foreman CVE-2014-3491 Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

Solution:
Updates are available. Please see the references or vendor advisory for more information.

Foreman CVE-2014-3491 Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

References:

• CVE-2014-3491 - XSS from create/update/destroy notification boxes (Foreman)
  
• Foreman Homepage (Foreman)