Medium severity6.1NVD Advisory· Published Aug 1, 2018· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2016-8634
CVE-2016-8634
Description
A vulnerability was found in foreman 1.14.0. When creating an organization or location in Foreman, if the name contains HTML then the second step of the wizard (/organizations/id/step2) will render the HTML. This occurs in the alertbox on the page. The result is a stored XSS attack if an organization/location with HTML in the name is created, then a user is linked directly to this URL.
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Affected products
3cpe:2.3:a:theforeman:foreman:1.14.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 more
- cpe:2.3:a:theforeman:foreman:1.14.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: <=1.14.0
- (no CPE)range: 1.14.0
Patches
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References
3- www.securityfocus.com/bid/94206nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cginvdIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
- projects.theforeman.org/issues/17195nvdVendor Advisory
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