CVE-2016-8639

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    CVE-2016-8639

    Published: 1 Aug 2018Last Modified: 8 Jul 2026

    Summary:

    Details: It 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.

    References: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94263, https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0336, https://github.com/theforeman/foreman/pull/3523, https://projects.theforeman.org/issues/15037, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-8639

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name:

    Purl:

    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -e2c7496eae353b3e63b53cfcee2bd6339cc0db92

    Affected versions

    1.13.0-RC2
    1.13.0-RC1

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High