CVE-2016-8613
The remote execution plugin runs commands on hosts over SSH from the Foreman web UI.
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (2.40%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
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 web UI does not escape the output causing any HTML or JavaScript to run in the user's browser. The output of the job is stored, making this a stored XSS vulnerability.
- 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
- 2.40% probability · 84th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-79
- Affected
- theforeman/foreman
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
EPSS 2.4% since 27 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://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93859Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-8613Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/theforeman/foreman_remote_execution/pull/208Third Party Advisory
- https://projects.theforeman.org/issues/17066/Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93859Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-8613Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/theforeman/foreman_remote_execution/pull/208Third Party Advisory
- https://projects.theforeman.org/issues/17066/Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.