CVE-2017-7535 json
foreman before version 1.16.0 is vulnerable to a stored XSS in organizations/locations assignment to hosts.
published 2018-07-26 8 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2017-16549
- cvss
- 6.1
- version 3.0, CNA
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 1.5%
- EPSS 1.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 74%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
foreman before version 1.16.0 is vulnerable to a stored XSS in organizations/locations assignment to hosts. Exploiting this requires a user to actively assign hosts to an organization that contains html in its name which is visible to the user prior to taking action.
Patch / fix
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-2017-7535 updated cvss 6.1
foreman: XSS in the manage organization page
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Red Hat Ceph Storage 1.3 foremanaffected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
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Red Hat Satellite 6 foreman, foreman-cli, foreman-ec2, foreman-gce, foreman-ovirt, foreman-vmware, +9 moreunder investigation
Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf
Exploit prediction
1.49% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 74% 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 | 6.1 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N |
| NVD | 2.0 | 4.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
Affected products
- Foreman foreman
Classification
- Weakness
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- CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation
References
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seclists.org
/oss-sec/2017/q3/521
mailing-list, patch, third-party-advisory
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projects.theforeman.org
/issues/20963
vendor-advisory
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securityfocus.com
/bid/99604
vdb-entry, third-party-advisory
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bugzilla.redhat.com
/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2017-7535
issue-tracking, third-party-advisory
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2017-7535
- NVD CVE-2017-7535
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