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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2016-6319

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in app/helpers/form_helper.rb in Foreman before 1.12.2, as used by Remote Execution and possibly other plugins, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the label parameter.

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1 Nov 2026, 08:41 UTC · Revision 1

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CVE-2016-6319

core-osv · Original source

Published 19 Aug 2016, 21:59 UTC

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in app/helpers/form_helper.rb in Foreman before 1.12.2, as used by Remote Execution and possibly other plugins, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the label parameter.

osv:CVE-2016-6319
Complete source record
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