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Fencer Vulns
medium 5.4

CVE-2023-0119 json

Foreman: stored cross-site scripting in host tab

published 2023-09-12 3 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2023-12209

cvss
5.4
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.6%
EPSS 0.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 46%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

A stored Cross-site scripting vulnerability was found in foreman. The Comment section in the Hosts tab has incorrect filtering of user input data. As a result of the attack, an attacker with an existing account on the system can steal another user's session, make requests on behalf of the user, and obtain user credentials.

Patch / fix

  • Red Hat Red Hat Satellite 6.13 for RHEL 8 0:3.5.1.17-1.el8sat
  • Red Hat Red Hat Satellite 6.14 for RHEL 8 0:3.7.0.9-1.el8sat
  • foreman satellite utils 6.14, satellite capsule 6.14, satellite 6.14 3.7.0.9-1.el8sat
  • foreman-cli satellite utils 6.14, satellite 6.14 3.7.0.9-1.el8sat
  • foreman-ec2 satellite 6.14 3.7.0.9-1.el8sat
  • rubygem-git satellite 6.14 1.18.0-1.el8sat
  • puppet-agent satellite capsule 6.14, satellite 6.14 7.26.0-3.el8sat
  • puppetserver satellite capsule 6.14, satellite 6.14 7.11.0-1.el8sat
  • rubygem-rack satellite capsule 6.14, satellite 6.14 2.2.7-1.el8sat
  • foreman-ovirt satellite 6.14 3.7.0.9-1.el8sat

red hat advisories RHSA-2023:6818RHSA-2023:3387

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2023-0119 updated cvss 5.4

Foreman: Stored cross-site scripting in host tab

  • Red Hat Satellite 6.13 for RHEL 8 foreman 3.5.1.17-1.el8sat
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2023:3387
  • Red Hat Satellite 6.14 for RHEL 8 foreman 3.7.0.9-1.el8sat, foreman-cli 3.7.0.9-1.el8sat, foreman-ec2 3.7.0.9-1.el8sat, foreman-ovirt 3.7.0.9-1.el8sat, foreman-redis 3.7.0.9-1.el8sat, foreman-vmware 3.7.0.9-1.el8sat, +7 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2023:6818
  • Red Hat Satellite 6.13 for RHEL 8 satellite 6.13.1-1.el8sat, foreman-cli 3.5.1.17-1.el8sat, foreman-ec2 3.5.1.17-1.el8sat, satellite-cli 6.13.1-1.el8sat, satellite-clone 3.3.0-2.el8sat, foreman-ovirt 3.5.1.17-1.el8sat, +17 more Red Hat Satellite 6.14 for RHEL 8 cjson 1.7.14-5.el8sat, katello 4.9.0-1.el8sat, libsolv 0.7.22-4.el8pc, libcomps 0.1.18-4.el8pc, python-idna 3.3-2.el8pc, candlepin 4.3.1-1.el8sat, +656 more
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

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CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
2 y ago

Exploit prediction

0.56% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 46% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 5.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
NVD 3.1 5.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Affected products

  • Red Hat Red Hat Satellite 6.13 for RHEL 8
  • Red Hat Red Hat Satellite 6.14 for RHEL 8

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.