foreman: XSS with operating system name/description
Published Oct 18, 2017
5.4
MEDIUMCVSS 3.0
EPSS 1.17%
Description
Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Foreman before 1.5.2 allow remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the operating system (1) name or (2) description.
Affected products
No data.
- ≤ 1.5.1
No data.
Red Hat Satellite 6.0
foreman-0:1.6.0.44-1.el6sat
Fixed · RHEA-2014:1175
OpenStack Foreman
foreman
Not affected
Red Hat OpenStack Platform 3
ruby193-foreman
Will not fix
Red Hat OpenStack Platform 4
foreman
Will not fix
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Satellite 6.0 | foreman-0:1.6.0.44-1.el6sat | Fixed | RHEA-2014:1175 |
| OpenStack Foreman | foreman | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform 3 | ruby193-foreman | Will not fix | n/a |
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform 4 | foreman | Will not fix | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
Red Hat statement
This issue was fixed in current releases of foreman on Satellite 6.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (12 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 1.17% (0.01170) | 66.24th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 1.17% (0.01170) | 63.19th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.20% (0.00197) | 39.71th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.09% (0.00090) | 40.12th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 8, 2023 | 0.09% (0.00090) | 36.99th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.11% (0.00109) | 42.12th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.13% (0.01132) | 56.11th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 13, 2023 | 1.13% (0.01132) | 55.54th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 3, 2023 | 1.03% (0.01034) | 40.96th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 22, 2022 | 1.13% (0.01132) | 54.59th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.13% (0.01132) | 52.58th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.13% (0.01132) | 30.65th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (7)
- http://projects.theforeman.org/issues/6580 x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-3531 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1108745 x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
- https://github.com/theforeman/foreman/pull/1580 x_refsource_CONFIRMThird Party Advisory
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-3531
- https://theforeman.org/security.html#2014-3531 x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-3531
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://projects.theforeman.org/issues/6580 | x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-3531 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1108745 | x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory | |
| https://github.com/theforeman/foreman/pull/1580 | x_refsource_CONFIRMThird Party Advisory | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-3531 | ||
| https://theforeman.org/security.html#2014-3531 | x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory | |
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-3531 |
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