Cross-site scripting in Cobbler - CVE-2016-9605
Published: August 22, 2018 / Updated: August 8, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU36766
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-9605
CWE-ID: CWE-79
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Cobbler project
Affected software:
Cobbler
Cobbler
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to read and manipulate data.
A flaw was found in cobbler software component version 2.6.11-1. It suffers from an invalid parameter validation vulnerability, leading the arbitrary file reading. The flaw is triggered by navigating to a vulnerable URL via cobbler-web on a default installation.
How to mitigate CVE-2016-9605
Install update from vendor's website.