CVE-2016-8639

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Source
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-8639
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-8639.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2016-8639
Downstream
Published
2018-08-01T13:29:00Z
Modified
2025-11-06T18:55:47.339734Z
Severity
  • 5.4 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

It was found that foreman before 1.13.0 is vulnerable to a stored XSS via an organization or location name. This could allow an attacker with privileges to set the organization or location name to display arbitrary HTML including scripting code within the web interface.

References

Affected packages

Git

github.com/theforeman/foreman

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://github.com/theforeman/foreman
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Fixed
e2c7496eae353b3e63b53cfcee2bd6339cc0db92

Affected versions

0.*

0.1
0.1-1
0.1-2
0.1-3
0.1-4
0.1-5
0.1-6
0.2
0.2rc1
0.3
0.4
0.4rc2
0.4rc3
0.4rc4
0.4rc5

1.*

1.0
1.0RC1
1.0RC2
1.0RC3
1.0RC4
1.0RC5
1.1
1.13.0-RC1
1.13.0-RC2
1.1RC1
1.1RC2
1.1RC3
1.1RC4
1.1RC5

github.com/theforeman/foreman-installer

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://github.com/theforeman/foreman-installer
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Fixed
4302fbb011a58694a1721400c1cc98c159486915

Affected versions

1.*

1.0.1
1.13.0-RC1
1.13.0-RC2

github.com/theforeman/smart-proxy

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://github.com/theforeman/smart-proxy
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Fixed
0d90af6690a03d0ad1ff0ee84e7d0ec95df946db

Affected versions

0.*

0.1
0.2
0.2rc2
0.3
0.3.1

1.*

1.0
1.0RC1
1.0RC2
1.1
1.13.0-RC1
1.13.0-RC2
1.1RC1
1.1RC2
1.1RC3