CVE-2016-8639
Estado: ModificadaMedia (5.4)—
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.
CVSS
- Versión: 3.0
- Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- Puntuación base: 5.4
Probabilidad de explotación (EPSS)
- Probabilidad de explotación en los próximos 30 días: 1.16%
- Percentil entre todas las CVEs puntuadas: 66
- Fecha de la puntuación: 3/10/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, de FIRST) estima la probabilidad de que una vulnerabilidad sea explotada en 30 días. Complementa a CVSS (impacto) y a CISA KEV (explotación confirmada).
Tecnologías afectadas (3)
CWE
- CWE-79
- CWE-79
Referencias
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94263
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0336
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-8639
- https://github.com/theforeman/foreman/pull/3523
- https://projects.theforeman.org/issues/15037
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94263
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0336
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-8639
- https://github.com/theforeman/foreman/pull/3523
- https://projects.theforeman.org/issues/15037
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