CVE-2016-6320

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-6320 describes a Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Foreman before version 1.12.2, specifically within the host interface form. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 5.4) allows authenticated attackers to inject malicious web script or HTML via the network interface device identifier. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

Vendor	Product	Version(s)	CPE
		<= 1.12.1CPE matchmatch criteria	cpe:2.3:a:theforeman:foreman::::::::

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

5.4MEDIUM

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction

REQUIRED

Scope

CHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

LOW

Integrity Impact

LOW

Availability Impact

NONE

Exploitability Score

2.3

Impact Score

2.7

CvssVersion

3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score

0.94%

Probability of exploitation in next 30 days

EPSS Percentile

57.2%

Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group

As of 2026-07-27

Model: v2026.06.15

This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0094 is in the 91st percentile among its peer group of 15,225 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (32)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Satellite 6.2 for RHEL 6Fixed in: satellite-installer-0:6.2.0.12-1.el6sat

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Satellite 6.2 for RHEL 6Fixed in: tfm-rubygem-bastion-0:3.2.0.10-1.el6sat

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Satellite 6.2 for RHEL 6Fixed in: tfm-rubygem-foreman_openscap-0:0.5.3.18-1.el6sat

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Satellite 6.2 for RHEL 6Fixed in: tfm-rubygem-foreman-redhat_access-0:1.0.13-1.el6sat

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Satellite 6.2 for RHEL 6Fixed in: tfm-rubygem-foreman_remote_execution-0:0.3.0.12-1.el6sat

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Satellite 6.2 for RHEL 6Fixed in: tfm-rubygem-foreman_theme_satellite-0:0.1.28-1.el6sat

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Satellite 6.2 for RHEL 6Fixed in: tfm-rubygem-hammer_cli_csv-0:2.1.0-1.el6sat

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Satellite 6.2 for RHEL 6Fixed in: tfm-rubygem-hammer_cli_katello-0:0.0.22.26-1.el6sat

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Satellite 6.2 for RHEL 6Fixed in: tfm-rubygem-katello-0:3.0.0.78-1.el6sat

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Satellite 6.2 for RHEL 6Fixed in: tfm-rubygem-redhat_access_lib-0:1.0.4-1.el6sat

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Satellite 6.2 for RHEL 6Fixed in: foreman-0:1.11.0.53-1.el6sat

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Satellite 6.2 for RHEL 6Fixed in: foreman-proxy-0:1.11.0.6-1.el6sat

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Satellite 6.2 for RHEL 6Fixed in: katello-0:3.0.0-12.el6sat

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Satellite 6.2 for RHEL 6Fixed in: katello-installer-base-0:3.0.0.57-1.el6sat

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Satellite 6.2 for RHEL 6Fixed in: python-qpid-0:0.30-10.el6sat

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Satellite 6.2 for RHEL 6Fixed in: satellite-0:6.2.2-1.1.el6sat

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Satellite 6.2 for RHEL 7Fixed in: satellite-installer-0:6.2.0.12-1.el7sat

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Satellite 6.2 for RHEL 7Fixed in: tfm-rubygem-bastion-0:3.2.0.10-1.el7sat

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Satellite 6.2 for RHEL 7Fixed in: tfm-rubygem-foreman_openscap-0:0.5.3.18-1.el7sat

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Satellite 6.2 for RHEL 7Fixed in: tfm-rubygem-foreman-redhat_access-0:1.0.13-1.el7sat

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Satellite 6.2 for RHEL 7Fixed in: tfm-rubygem-foreman_remote_execution-0:0.3.0.12-1.el7sat

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Satellite 6.2 for RHEL 7Fixed in: tfm-rubygem-foreman_theme_satellite-0:0.1.28-1.el7sat

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Satellite 6.2 for RHEL 7Fixed in: tfm-rubygem-hammer_cli_csv-0:2.1.0-1.el7sat

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Satellite 6.2 for RHEL 7Fixed in: tfm-rubygem-hammer_cli_katello-0:0.0.22.26-1.el7sat

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Satellite 6.2 for RHEL 7Fixed in: tfm-rubygem-katello-0:3.0.0.78-1.el7sat

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Satellite 6.2 for RHEL 7Fixed in: tfm-rubygem-redhat_access_lib-0:1.0.4-1.el7sat

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Satellite 6.2 for RHEL 7Fixed in: foreman-0:1.11.0.53-1.el7sat

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Satellite 6.2 for RHEL 7Fixed in: foreman-proxy-0:1.11.0.6-1.el7sat

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Satellite 6.2 for RHEL 7Fixed in: katello-0:3.0.0-12.el7sat

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Satellite 6.2 for RHEL 7Fixed in: katello-installer-base-0:3.0.0.57-1.el7sat

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Satellite 6.2 for RHEL 7Fixed in: satellite-0:6.2.2-1.1.el7sat

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2016-6320Moderate

satellite6: stored XSS while provisioning new host

References

projects.theforeman.org / issues/16022

Vendor Advisory

access.redhat.com / errata/RHBA-2016:1885

bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi

Issue Tracking

github.com / theforeman/foreman/pull/3714/commits/850c38451c7bbde75521b796d16aca26e4d240a0

Patch

theforeman.org / security.html

PatchVendor Advisory

securityfocus.com / bid/92431

Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry