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CVE-2018-16861

HIGH · CVSS 7.6 EPSS 0.88% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2018-12-07 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a high severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.6. Public exploit code or proof-of-concept references have been detected in its references.

Public Exploit Signal

A public exploit, PoC, GitHub repository or Metasploit reference was detected for this CVE.

Detected Signals
code execution

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CVE
CVE-2018-16861
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
7.6
EPSS
0.88%

Original NVD Description

A cross-site scripting (XSS) flaw was found in the foreman component of satellite. An attacker with privilege to create entries using the Hosts, Monitor, Infrastructure, or Administer Menus is able to execute a XSS attacks against other users, possibly leading to malicious code execution and extraction of the anti-CSRF token of higher privileged users. Foreman before 1.18.3, 1.19.1, and 1.20.0 are vulnerable.

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