CVE-2016-6320 Cross-site scripting in n/a
Medium 5.4
Published
Updated
Check this codebase for CVE-2016-6320 and fix it if it is affected.
What it is: CVE-2016-6320 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Theforeman Foreman, published on 19 Aug 2016. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-6320 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Affected product: Theforeman Foreman. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.
Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.
Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-6320/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-6320/index.md)
Authenticated attackers can inject arbitrary scripts via network interface identifiers in Foreman, potentially compromising user sessions.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2016-6320?
CVE-2016-6320 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Theforeman Foreman, published on 19 Aug 2016. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in app/assets/javascripts/host_edit_interfaces.js in Foreman before 1.12.2 allows remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the network interface device identifier in the host interface form.
Weakness: CWE-79
Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-6320?
It affects 1 product.
Linux distribution packages (40)
foreman Red Hat:satellite:6.1::el6 | All versions | 0:1.11.0.53-1.el6sat |
foreman-compute Red Hat:satellite:6.1::el6 | All versions | 0:1.11.0.53-1.el6sat |
foreman-debug Red Hat:satellite:6.1::el6 | All versions | 0:1.11.0.53-1.el6sat |
foreman-ec2 Red Hat:satellite:6.1::el6 | All versions | 0:1.11.0.53-1.el6sat |
foreman-gce Red Hat:satellite:6.1::el6 | All versions | 0:1.11.0.53-1.el6sat |
foreman-installer-katello Red Hat:satellite:6.1::el6 | All versions | 0:3.0.0.57-1.el6sat |
foreman-libvirt Red Hat:satellite:6.1::el6 | All versions | 0:1.11.0.53-1.el6sat |
foreman-openstack Red Hat:satellite:6.1::el6 | All versions | 0:1.11.0.53-1.el6sat |
foreman-ovirt Red Hat:satellite:6.1::el6 | All versions | 0:1.11.0.53-1.el6sat |
foreman-postgresql Red Hat:satellite:6.1::el6 | All versions | 0:1.11.0.53-1.el6sat |
foreman-proxy Red Hat:satellite:6.1::el6 | All versions | 0:1.11.0.6-1.el6sat |
foreman-rackspace Red Hat:satellite:6.1::el6 | All versions | 0:1.11.0.53-1.el6sat |
foreman-vmware Red Hat:satellite:6.1::el6 | All versions | 0:1.11.0.53-1.el6sat |
katello Red Hat:satellite:6.1::el6 | All versions | 0:3.0.0-12.el6sat |
katello-capsule Red Hat:satellite:6.1::el6 | All versions | 0:3.0.0-12.el6sat |
katello-common Red Hat:satellite:6.1::el6 | All versions | 0:3.0.0-12.el6sat |
katello-debug Red Hat:satellite:6.1::el6 | All versions | 0:3.0.0-12.el6sat |
katello-installer-base Red Hat:satellite:6.1::el6 | All versions | 0:3.0.0.57-1.el6sat |
katello-service Red Hat:satellite:6.1::el6 | All versions | 0:3.0.0-12.el6sat |
python-qpid Red Hat:satellite:6.1::el6 | All versions | 0:0.30-10.el6sat |
satellite Red Hat:satellite:6.1::el6 | All versions | 0:6.2.2-1.1.el6sat |
satellite-capsule Red Hat:satellite:6.1::el6 | All versions | 0:6.2.2-1.1.el6sat |
satellite-cli Red Hat:satellite:6.1::el6 | All versions | 0:6.2.2-1.1.el6sat |
satellite-debug-tools Red Hat:satellite:6.1::el6 | All versions | 0:6.2.2-1.1.el6sat |
satellite-installer Red Hat:satellite:6.1::el6 | All versions | 0:6.2.0.12-1.el6sat |
tfm-rubygem-bastion Red Hat:satellite:6.1::el6 | All versions | 0:3.2.0.10-1.el6sat |
tfm-rubygem-foreman-redhat_access Red Hat:satellite:6.1::el6 | All versions | 0:1.0.13-1.el6sat |
tfm-rubygem-foreman_openscap Red Hat:satellite:6.1::el6 | All versions | 0:0.5.3.18-1.el6sat |
tfm-rubygem-foreman_remote_execution Red Hat:satellite:6.1::el6 | All versions | 0:0.3.0.12-1.el6sat |
tfm-rubygem-foreman_theme_satellite Red Hat:satellite:6.1::el6 | All versions | 0:0.1.28-1.el6sat |
tfm-rubygem-hammer_cli_csv Red Hat:satellite:6.1::el6 | All versions | 0:2.1.0-1.el6sat |
tfm-rubygem-hammer_cli_katello Red Hat:satellite:6.1::el6 | All versions | 0:0.0.22.26-1.el6sat |
tfm-rubygem-katello Red Hat:satellite:6.1::el6 | All versions | 0:3.0.0.78-1.el6sat |
tfm-rubygem-redhat_access_lib Red Hat:satellite:6.1::el6 | All versions | 0:1.0.4-1.el6sat |
foreman Red Hat:satellite:6.2::el7 | All versions | 0:1.11.0.53-1.el7sat |
foreman-compute Red Hat:satellite:6.2::el7 | All versions | 0:1.11.0.53-1.el7sat |
foreman-debug Red Hat:satellite:6.2::el7 | All versions | 0:1.11.0.53-1.el7sat |
foreman-ec2 Red Hat:satellite:6.2::el7 | All versions | 0:1.11.0.53-1.el7sat |
foreman-gce Red Hat:satellite:6.2::el7 | All versions | 0:1.11.0.53-1.el7sat |
foreman-installer-katello Red Hat:satellite:6.2::el7 | All versions | 0:3.0.0.57-1.el7sat |
Products include Theforeman Foreman.
How do I fix CVE-2016-6320?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Escape output for the context it lands in and set a strict Content Security Policy. Upgrading the affected component is the real fix. More about Cross-site scripting.
Is CVE-2016-6320 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-6320 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Theforeman Foreman
Sources
Also known as CVE-2017-2656, GHSA-q7gw-xhj8-rjh9, RHBA-2016:1885.