CVE-2016-8634
lowpriority · track · 22EPSS 0.011 · 65 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-28
A vulnerability was found in foreman 1.14.0. When creating an organization or location in Foreman, if the name contains HTML then the second step of the wizard (/organizations/id/step2) will render the HTML. This occurs in the alertbox on the page. The result is a stored XSS attack if an organization/location with HTML in the name is created, then a user is linked directly to this URL.
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · low–medium · 3.5–6.1
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affected products (2)
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references (12)
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- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0336cnnvd
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-8634cnnvd
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1391520cnnvd
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-8634cnnvd
- https://projects.theforeman.org/issues/17195cnnvd
- https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94206cnnvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94206enisa_euvd
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-8634enisa_euvd
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