CVE-2016-6320: theforeman foreman Cross-site Scripting
CVSS: 5.4v3.0MediumModified
AliasesRHBA-2016:1885
Published 19-08-2016Last modified 06-08-2024
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2016-6320 is a medium (CVSS 5.4) Cross-site Scripting vulnerability in theforeman foreman. EPSS estimates a 0.94% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 60.4% of scored vulnerabilities.
CVSS score
5.4/10
010
Medium · v3.0 (NVD)EPSS score
0.94%
0%100%
Low · -0.26 pp in 30 daysKEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded
Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 0 · Duplicates 1Timeline
- 19-08-2016PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 06-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in app/assets/javascripts/host_edit_interfaces.js in Foreman before 1.12.2 allows remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the network interface device identifier in the host interface form.
CVSS metrics
3 scores · 2 sources · 2 versionsMedium 5.4Preferred score · NVD (NIST)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:NSources2 sources · 5.4–6.1
- OSV · Red hatEcosystem advisory · calculated6.1MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:NDiffers
Low 3.5Preferred score · NVD (NIST)
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:NSourcesSingle source
EPSS trend
Probability
0.94%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
60%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
-0.26 pp
From 1.19% on 21-09-2026
21-09-202621-10-2026
EPSS score0.94%
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Redhat35 products
- foreman< 0:1.11.0.53-1.el6sat | < 0:1.11.0.53-1.el7sat
- foreman-compute< 0:1.11.0.53-1.el6sat | < 0:1.11.0.53-1.el7sat
- foreman-debug< 0:1.11.0.53-1.el6sat | < 0:1.11.0.53-1.el7sat
- foreman-ec2< 0:1.11.0.53-1.el6sat | < 0:1.11.0.53-1.el7sat
- foreman-gce< 0:1.11.0.53-1.el6sat | < 0:1.11.0.53-1.el7sat
Theforeman1 product
- foreman≤ 1.12.1
2 vendors · 36 products
References
36 links- github.com/theforeman/foreman/pull/3714/commits/850c38451c7bbde75521b796d16aca26e4d240a0X Refsource CONFIRMPatch