Privilege escalation in Foreman - CVE-2016-4451
Published: February 27, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU10746
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-4451
CWE-ID: CWE-254
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Foreman
Affected software:
Foreman
Foreman
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote authenticated attacker to bypass security restrictions.
The weakness exists due to improper enforcement of access controls on certain resources. A remote attacker can bypass organization and location restrictions and read or modify data for an arbitrary organization by leveraging knowledge of the id of that organization.
How to mitigate CVE-2016-4451
Update to versions 1.11.3 or 1.12.0-RC1.