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medium 6.1

CVE-2016-8639 json

It was found that foreman before 1.13.0 is vulnerable to a stored XSS via an organization or location name.

published 2018-08-01 8 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2016-9481

cvss
6.1
version 3.0, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.2%
EPSS 1.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 67%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • theforeman foreman 1.13.0
  • kobo satellite capsule 6.3, satellite 6.3 0.5.1-1.el7sat
  • pulp satellite capsule 6.3, satellite 6.3 2.13.4.6-1.el7sat
  • hiera satellite capsule 6.3, satellite 6.3 1.3.1-2.el7sat
  • foreman satellite capsule 6.3, satellite 6.3 1.15.6.34-1.el7sat
  • katello satellite capsule 6.3, satellite 6.3 3.4.5-15.el7sat
  • pulp-rpm satellite capsule 6.3, satellite 6.3 2.13.4.8-1.el7sat
  • candlepin satellite 6.3 2.1.14-1.el7
  • satellite satellite capsule 6.3, satellite 6.3 6.3.0-23.0.el7sat

red hat advisories RHSA-2018:0336

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2016-8639 updated cvss 6.1

foreman: Stored XSS via organization/location with HTML in name

  • Red Hat Ceph Storage 1.3 foreman
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat Satellite 6.3 kobo 0.5.1-1.el7sat, hiera 1.3.1-2.el7sat, candlepin 2.1.14-1.el7, pulp 2.13.4.6-1.el7sat, katello 3.4.5-15.el7sat, foreman 1.15.6.34-1.el7sat, +103 more Red Hat Satellite Capsule 6.3 kobo 0.5.1-1.el7sat, hiera 1.3.1-2.el7sat, pulp 2.13.4.6-1.el7sat, katello 3.4.5-15.el7sat, foreman 1.15.6.34-1.el7sat, pulp-docker 2.4.1-2.el7sat, +64 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2018:0336

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Exploit prediction

1.16% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 67% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.0 6.1 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
NVD 3.0 5.4 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
NVD 2.0 3.5 AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N

Affected products

  • The Foreman Project foreman

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation

References

Sources

Fencer Intel keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.