CVE-2016-6319 (GCVE-0-2016-6319)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2016-08-19 21:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 01:29
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Summary
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.
Severity
6.1 (Medium)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
redhat CNA under the redhat root
CNA scorecard B 81/100 over 995 records in the last 180 days details
References
Date Public
2016-08-09 00:00
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