CVE-2018-16861 | BDVDB-2026-110293 Detail

The Foreman Projectforeman

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.

Impact#

Per CVSS v3.0: confidentiality impact high, integrity impact high, availability impact low. Attack vector: network.

Weaknesses#

CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

References#

Exploit#

No public exploit known

History#

Version 12018-12-07Record published in the CVE List.
Version 22024-08-05Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.

Published

Published: 2018-12-07
Last modified: 2024-08-05

Vendor information

Vendor: The Foreman Project
Product: foreman

All The Foreman Project vulnerabilities

Score

7.6 High

EPSS

less than 1%, Very Low

Estimated chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. EPSS percentile: 59.3.

KEV

Not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.

Impact

Cross-Site Scripting

Action

No specific action is recorded in the source data. Check the references for vendor guidance.

Affected Systems

Vulnerable
1.18.3
Fixed
Not stated
Vulnerable
1.19.1
Fixed
Not stated
Vulnerable
1.20.0
Fixed
Not stated

Scoring System

CVSS v4.0

Not available

CVSS v3.1

Not available

CVSS v3.0

7.6 High

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L

Metric breakdown
Attack Vector	Network
Attack Complexity	Low
Privileges Required	Low
User Interaction	Required
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	High
Integrity	High
Availability	Low

CVSS v2

Not available

Source: CVE List v5 (record); CISA KEV (kev, action); FIRST EPSS (epss).