5.4
MEDIUM
CVE-2016-8608
JBoss BRMS/BPM Suite Cross Site Scripting
Description

JBoss BRMS 6 and BPM Suite 6 are vulnerable to a stored XSS via business process editor. The flaw is due to an incomplete fix for CVE-2016-5398. Remote, authenticated attackers that have privileges to create business processes can store scripts in them, which are not properly sanitized before showing to other users, including admins.

INFO

Published Date :

Aug. 1, 2018, 2:29 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 2:59 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

2.7

Exploitability Score :

2.3
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2016-8608 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 Redhat jboss_bpm_suite
2 Redhat jboss_business_rules_management_system
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-2016-8608.

URL Resource
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2822.html Broken Link
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2823.html Broken Link
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94568 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-8608 Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2822.html Broken Link
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2823.html Broken Link
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94568 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-8608 Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2016-8608 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2016-8608 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 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2822.html
    Added Reference http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2823.html
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94568
    Added Reference https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-8608
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

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

    Feb. 12, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed CVSS V2 Metadata Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism
    Removed CVSS V2 Red Hat, Inc. (AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:N)
    Removed CVSS V2 Reason AC-Assessment performed prior to CVMAP efforts
    Removed CVSS V2 Reason C-Assessment performed prior to CVMAP efforts
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Mar. 11, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 Red Hat, Inc. (AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:N)
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 09, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V3 Red Hat, Inc. AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
    Added CWE Red Hat, Inc. CWE-79
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Oct. 01, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 Metadata Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
    Changed Reference Type https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-8608 No Types Assigned https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-8608 Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2822.html No Types Assigned http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2822.html Broken Link
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94568 No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94568 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2823.html No Types Assigned http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2823.html Broken Link
    Added CWE CWE-79
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:redhat:jboss_bpm_suite:6.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:redhat:jboss_business_rules_management_system:6.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Aug. 03, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94568 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2823.html [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2822.html [No Types Assigned]
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

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2016-8608 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

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Exploit Prediction

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

0.15 }} 0.04%

score

0.51008

percentile

CVSS30 - Vulnerability Scoring System
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