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01 Record

CVE-2016-8613

A flaw was found in foreman 1.5.1. The remote execution plugin runs commands on hosts over SSH from the Foreman web UI. When a job is submitted that contains HTML tags, the console output shown in the

MediumPUBLISHEDCNA: redhat
CNA base score6.4 CVSS v3.xCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
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02 Description

A flaw was found in foreman 1.5.1. The remote execution plugin runs commands on hosts over SSH from the Foreman web UI. When a job is submitted that contains HTML tags, the console output shown in the

03 Exploitation and scoring

Exploitation
Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
SSVC decision
Not assessed by CISA
EPSS probability
2.39% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile
Equal to or higher than the score of 83.7% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
NVD base score
6.1 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
NVD CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
NVD analysis status
Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
Red Hat severity
Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

04 Metadata

Published
2018-07-31 20:00Z8 YR AGO
Last updated
2024-08-06 02:27Z2 YR AGO
Reserved
2016-10-12
Assigning CNA
redhat
Record state
PUBLISHED
Severity
Medium (CVSS 6.4)
CNA CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Weaknesses
  • CWE-79Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')Base
Data version
5.1
Document digest
8c2807c47eda5dfb290c7d2225bf05b8afcef4191235494c725424427485653a

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
The Foreman Projectforeman1.5.1—

06 References