# CVE-2016-8608: Cross-site scripting in BRMS

> Authenticated attackers can inject malicious scripts into business processes, leading to stored XSS attacks against other users including administrators.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.4 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N`)
- **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:** No
- **Published:** 1 Aug 2018
- **Updated:** 6 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-9vxf-m4pg-2r4f

## What is CVE-2016-8608?

CVE-2016-8608 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Red Hat BRMS, published on 1 Aug 2018. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

JBoss BRMS 6 and BPM Suite 6 are vulnerable to a stored XSS via business process editor. The flaw is due to an incomplete fix for CVE-2016-5398. Remote, authenticated attackers that have privileges to create business processes can store scripts in them, which are not properly sanitized before showing to other users, including admins.

Weakness: CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-8608?

It affects 2 products.


Products: Redhat Jboss Bpm Suite, Redhat Jboss Business Rules Management System.

## How do I fix CVE-2016-8608?

No fix has been published for CVE-2016-8608 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2016-8608 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-8608 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Red Hat BRMS

- [CVE-2016-5401](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-5401/): Cross-site request forgery in n/a (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2016-7034](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-7034/): Cross-site request forgery in n/a (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2015-1818](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-1818/): XML external entity in n/a (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2013-6468](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-6468/): Code injection in n/a (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2016-6343](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-6343/): Cross-site scripting in Dashbuilder (medium 6.1)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2016-8608 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2016-8608 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Red Hat BRMS, published on 1 Aug 2018. 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-2016-8608 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Red Hat BRMS. 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-2016-8608/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-8608/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-8608
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-8608
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-8608

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