Stored XSS in business process editor
Published Aug 1, 2018
5.4
MEDIUMCVSS 3.0
EPSS 1.26%
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.
Affected products
-
- Version 6StatusaffectedConstraints-
- Version
- 6.0.0
- 6.0.0
No data.
Red Hat JBoss BPMS 6.3
n/a
Fixed · RHSA-2016:2822
Red Hat JBoss BRMS 6.3
n/a
Fixed · RHSA-2016:2823
Red Hat BPM Suite 6
process-editor
Affected
Red Hat JBoss BRMS 6
process-editor
Affected
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat JBoss BPMS 6.3 | n/a | Fixed | RHSA-2016:2822 |
| Red Hat JBoss BRMS 6.3 | n/a | Fixed | RHSA-2016:2823 |
| Red Hat BPM Suite 6 | process-editor | Affected | n/a |
| Red Hat JBoss BRMS 6 | process-editor | Affected | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
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 (10 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 1.26% (0.01259) | 68.51th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 1.26% (0.01259) | 65.62th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.19% (0.00190) | 38.67th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.11% (0.00109) | 45.66th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 26, 2023 | 0.11% (0.00109) | 43.09th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.12% (0.00122) | 44.80th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.13% (0.01132) | 56.11th | 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 (8)
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2822.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATBroken Link
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2823.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATBroken Link
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94568 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-8608 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1386806 Issue Tracking
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-8608 x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingVendor Advisory
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-8608
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-8608
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2822.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATBroken Link | |
| http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2823.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATBroken Link | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94568 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-8608 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1386806 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-8608 | x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingVendor Advisory | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-8608 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-8608 |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.