CVE-2018-14664 — A flaw was found in foreman from versions 1

A flaw was found in foreman from versions 1.18. A stored cross-site scripting vulnerability exists due to an improperly escaped HTML code in the breadcrumbs bar. This allows a user with permissions to edit which attribute is used in the breadcrumbs bar to store code that will be

01What is this vulnerability?

A flaw was found in foreman from versions 1.18. A stored cross-site scripting vulnerability exists due to an improperly escaped HTML code in the breadcrumbs bar. This allows a user with permissions to edit which attribute is used in the breadcrumbs bar to store code that will be executed on the client side.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
[UNKNOWN]	foreman	n/a

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2018-10-12T20:00:00.000Z
• Last modified: 2024-08-05T09:38:12.688Z

09References

• bugzilla.redhat.com — https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-14664
• projects.theforeman.org — https://projects.theforeman.org/issues/25169
• www.securityfocus.com — http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106553
• access.redhat.com — https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1222