Foreman CVE-2014-3653 Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	70046
Class:	Input Validation Error
CVE:	CVE-2014-3653
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Sep 23 2014 12:00AM
Updated:	Nov 03 2015 07:25PM
Credit:	Murray McAllister
Vulnerable:	Redhat Satellite Capsule (for RHEL 7 x86_64) 6.1 Redhat Satellite Capsule (for RHEL 6 x86_64) 6.1 Redhat Satellite (for RHEL 7 x86_64) 6.1 Redhat Satellite (for RHEL 6 x86_64) 6.1 Foreman Foreman 1.6
Not Vulnerable:

Foreman CVE-2014-3653 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.

Foreman 1.6.0 is vulnerable; other versions may also be affected.

Foreman CVE-2014-3653 Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

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

Foreman CVE-2014-3653 Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

Solution:
Reportedly the issue is fixed, however Symantec has not confirmed this. Please contact the vendor for more information.

Foreman CVE-2014-3653 Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

References:

• Foreman Homepage (Foreman)
  
• Provisioning Templates Preview mode removes text like < (sodabrew)
  
• CVE-2014-3653 - Provisioning Templates Preview mode strips out text like < (Foreman)
  
• RHSA-2015:1591 - Security Advisory (Red Hat)
  
• RHSA-2015:1592 - Security Advisory (Red Hat)