CVE-2018-16861

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.

Category

7.6
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 3.0 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.39%
Vendor Advisory redhat.com
Affected: The Foreman Project foreman
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-16861 patch third party advisory issue tracking
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1222 vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2018-16861?
CVE-2018-16861 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2018-16861?
To fix CVE-2018-16861, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2018-16861 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2018-16861 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
What software or system is affected by CVE-2018-16861?
CVE-2018-16861 affects The Foreman Project foreman.
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