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CVE-2016-8639 Detail

Description

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.


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Hyperlink Resource
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94263 Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94263 Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0336 Third Party Advisory 
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0336 Third Party Advisory 
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-8639 Issue Tracking  Third Party Advisory 
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-8639 Issue Tracking  Third Party Advisory 
https://github.com/theforeman/foreman/pull/3523 Third Party Advisory 
https://github.com/theforeman/foreman/pull/3523 Third Party Advisory 
https://projects.theforeman.org/issues/15037 Vendor Advisory 
https://projects.theforeman.org/issues/15037 Vendor Advisory 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') cwe source acceptance level NIST   Red Hat, Inc.  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2016-8639
NVD Published Date:
08/01/2018
NVD Last Modified:
11/20/2024
Source:
Red Hat, Inc.