Cross-site scripting in Foreman - CVE-2018-16861
Published: December 7, 2018 / Updated: August 8, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU36315
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-16861
CWE-ID: CWE-79
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Foreman
Affected software:
Foreman
Foreman
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote privileged user to read and manipulate data.
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.
How to mitigate CVE-2018-16861
Install update from vendor's website.