What is CVE-2015-5152?

CVE-2015-5152 is a high-severity vulnerability in Theforeman Foreman, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 8.1/10. Published 2017-07-17.

How severe is CVE-2015-5152?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.1 out of 10.

Information disclosure in Theforeman Foreman

CVE-2015-5152

Foreman after 1.1 and before 1.9.0-RC1 does not redirect HTTP requests to HTTPS when the require_ssl setting is set to true, which allows remote attackers to obtain user credentials via a man-in-the-middle attack.

Vulnerability class: Information Disclosure

Published 2017-07-17 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.1 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.015 (74.3th percentile), scored 2026-10-24.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 74th percentile — 74.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.015 · newest: 0.015 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Theforeman Foreman — versions 1.1-1, 1.2.0, 1.2.1

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-200 — Information Disclosure

References

projects.theforeman.org/issues/11119 (Mailing List, Vendor Advisory)
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi (Third Party Advisory, Mitigation, Issue Tracking)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2015-5152?: CVE-2015-5152 is a high-severity vulnerability in Theforeman Foreman, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 8.1/10. Published 2017-07-17.
How severe is CVE-2015-5152?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.1 out of 10.