VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2016-6319

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in app/helpers/form_helper.rb in Foreman before 1.12.2, as used by Remote Execution and possibly other plugins, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the label parameter.

MEDIUM 6.1EPSS 1.96%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.96%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

CVSS 3.0: 6.1 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
EPSS: 1.96% probability · 80th percentile
Public exploits: None in Exploit-DB
CISA KEV: Not listed
Weakness: CWE-79
Affected: theforeman/foreman
Source: secalert@redhat.com

EPSS trend

EPSS 2.0% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.

References

http://projects.theforeman.org/issues/16019Vendor Advisory
http://projects.theforeman.org/issues/16024Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92429Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0336
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1365815Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://github.com/theforeman/foreman/commit/0f35fe14acf0d0d3b55e9337bc5e2b9640ff2372Patch
https://theforeman.org/security.html#2016-6319Vendor Advisory
http://projects.theforeman.org/issues/16019Vendor Advisory
http://projects.theforeman.org/issues/16024Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92429Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0336
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1365815Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://github.com/theforeman/foreman/commit/0f35fe14acf0d0d3b55e9337bc5e2b9640ff2372Patch
https://theforeman.org/security.html#2016-6319Vendor Advisory

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.