Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in app/helpers/form_helper.rb in Foreman before 1.12.2, as used by Remote Execution and possibly other plugins, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the label parameter.

INFO

Published Date :

Aug. 19, 2016, 9:59 p.m.

Last Modified :

Feb. 13, 2023, 4:50 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

2.7

Exploitability Score :

2.8
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2016-6319 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Theforeman foreman
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2016-6319.

URL Resource
http://projects.theforeman.org/issues/16019 Vendor Advisory
http://projects.theforeman.org/issues/16024 Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92429 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0336
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1365815 Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://github.com/theforeman/foreman/commit/0f35fe14acf0d0d3b55e9337bc5e2b9640ff2372 Patch
https://theforeman.org/security.html#2016-6319 Vendor Advisory

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2016-6319 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2016-6319 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Feb. 13, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Description It was found that foreman is vulnerable to a stored XSS via a job template with a malformed name. This could allow an attacker with privileges to set the name in a template to display arbitrary HTML including scripting code within the web interface. Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in app/helpers/form_helper.rb in Foreman before 1.12.2, as used by Remote Execution and possibly other plugins, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the label parameter.
    Removed CVSS V2 Metadata Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism
    Removed CVSS V2 Red Hat, Inc. (AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:N)
    Removed CVSS V3 Red Hat, Inc. AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
    Removed Reference https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-6319 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Feb. 02, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Description Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in app/helpers/form_helper.rb in Foreman before 1.12.2, as used by Remote Execution and possibly other plugins, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the label parameter. It was found that foreman is vulnerable to a stored XSS via a job template with a malformed name. This could allow an attacker with privileges to set the name in a template to display arbitrary HTML including scripting code within the web interface.
    Added CVSS V2 Red Hat, Inc. (AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:N)
    Added CVSS V3 Red Hat, Inc. AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-6319 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Feb. 23, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0336 [No Types Assigned]
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Aug. 22, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CPE Configuration Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:a:theforeman:foreman:1.12.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous)
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
    Changed Reference Type http://projects.theforeman.org/issues/16019 No Types Assigned http://projects.theforeman.org/issues/16019 Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92429 No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92429 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1365815 No Types Assigned https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1365815 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry, Issue Tracking
    Changed Reference Type https://theforeman.org/security.html#2016-6319 No Types Assigned https://theforeman.org/security.html#2016-6319 Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/theforeman/foreman/commit/0f35fe14acf0d0d3b55e9337bc5e2b9640ff2372 No Types Assigned https://github.com/theforeman/foreman/commit/0f35fe14acf0d0d3b55e9337bc5e2b9640ff2372 Patch
    Changed Reference Type http://projects.theforeman.org/issues/16024 No Types Assigned http://projects.theforeman.org/issues/16024 Vendor Advisory
    Added CWE CWE-79
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Aug. 22, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

1.38 }} 0.00%

score

0.84236

percentile

CVSS30 - Vulnerability Scoring System
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