CVE-2016-4475 (GCVE-0-2016-4475)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2016-08-19 21:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 00:32
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Summary
The (1) Organization and (2) Locations APIs and UIs in Foreman before 1.11.4 and 1.12.x before 1.12.0-RC3 allow remote authenticated users to bypass organization and location restrictions and (a) read, (b) edit, or (c) delete arbitrary organizations or locations via unspecified vectors.
Severity
8.8 (High)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
Date Public
2016-06-02 00:00
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