CVE-2016-8613

foreman: Stored XSS vulnerability in remote execution plugin

Published Jul 31, 2018 CVSS 3.0 · 6.4 Medium EPSS 2.4% KEV · Not listed
Description
A flaw was found in foreman 1.5.1. The remote execution plugin runs commands on hosts over SSH from the Foreman web UI. When a job is submitted that contains HTML tags, the console output shown in the web UI does not escape the output causing any HTML or JavaScript to run in the user's browser. The output of the job is stored, making this a stored XSS vulnerability.

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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2016-9459 A flaw was found in foreman 1.5.1. The remote execution plugin runs commands on hosts over SSH from the Foreman web UI. When a job is submitted that contains HTML tags, the console output shown in the web UI does not escape the output causing any HTML or JavaScript to run in the user's browser. The output of the job is stored, making this a stored XSS vulnerability.
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
redhat
Published
Updated
Aug 6, 2024, 2:27 AM
Reserved
Oct 12, 2016, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Jul 31, 2018, 8:29 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 12:54 AM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Oct 24, 2016, 12:00 AM