SB2018101405 - Stored cross-site scripting in Foreman

Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.

1) Stored cross-site scripting (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-14664)

The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data. The vulnerability allows a user with permissions to edit which attribute is used in the breadcrumbs bar to store code that will be executed on the client side.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to steal potentially sensitive information, change appearance of the web page, perform phishing and drive-by-download attacks.

Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References

• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-14664
• https://projects.theforeman.org/issues/25169