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CVE-2018-16861

Published: Dec 7, 2018Updated: Nov 21, 2024 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-79
7.6HIGH
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
0.9%
Top 44.3%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available
Self-Check
Not available

Description

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.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:LUI:RS:UC:HI:HA:L
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:LPrivileges Required
Low
UI:RUser Interaction
Required
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:HConfidentiality
High
I:HIntegrity
High
A:LAvailability
Low
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Weaknesses

CWE-79

Affected Products

The Foreman Project
oss-projectaka theforeman
foremanOn-prem
Enterprise Software / itsm-monitoring
theforeman
commercialaka the foreman
foremanOn-premWeb App
Enterprise Software / itsm-monitoring

Exploitability

Official Patch Available
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MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques
Execution
Initial Access
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References

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-16861
bugzilla.redhat.com
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1222
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