CVE-2016-4451 Missing authorization in n/a

What is CVE-2016-4451?

CVE-2016-4451 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Theforeman Foreman, published on 19 Aug 2016. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The (1) Organization and (2) Locations APIs in Foreman before 1.11.3 and 1.12.x before 1.12.0-RC1 allow remote authenticated users with unlimited filters to bypass organization and location restrictions and read or modify data for an arbitrary organization by leveraging knowledge of the id of that organization.

Weakness: CWE-254

Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-4451?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Theforeman Foreman.

How do I fix CVE-2016-4451?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.

Is CVE-2016-4451 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-4451 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Theforeman Foreman

• CVE-2018-14643 smart_proxy_dynflow gem authentication bypass in Foreman remote execution feature Critical 9.8
• CVE-2017-7505 Missing authorization in foreman High 8.8
• CVE-2016-4475 Missing authorization in n/a High 8.8
• CVE-2016-3728 Code injection in n/a High 8.8
• CVE-2015-5246 Auth bypass in n/a High 8.1

All Theforeman Foreman vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-jh5m-3mwm-hr2m.