XSS in Theforeman Foreman
CVE-2018-16861
A cross-site scripting (XSS) flaw was found in the foreman component of satellite. An attacker with privilege to create entries using the Hosts, Monitor, Infrastructure, or Administer Menus is able to execute a XSS attacks against other users, possibly leading to malicious code execution and extraction of the anti-CSRF token of higher privileged users. Foreman before 1.18.3, 1.19.1, and 1.20.0 are vulnerable.
Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.6 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.009 (58.7th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 59th percentile — 58.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.009 · newest: 0.009 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Theforeman Foreman — versions 1.20.0
- The Foreman Project — versions 1.20.0, 1.18.3, 1.19.1
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi (Patch, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1222 (vendor-advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2018-16861?
- CVE-2018-16861 is a high-severity vulnerability in Theforeman Foreman, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 7.6/10. Published 2018-12-07.
- How severe is CVE-2018-16861?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.6 out of 10.