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TI-2016-07070 Aliases CVE-2016-8608GHSA-9vxf-m4pg-2r4f

Cross-site scripting in Red Hat BRMS

Priority LOW 27CWE-79Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
Required
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Cross-site scripting
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Low · Low · None
Fix status
Partial Red Hat: 2 fixed, 2 without a fix

Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-79.

Summary

JBoss BRMS 6 and BPM Suite 6 are vulnerable to a stored XSS via business process editor. The flaw is due to an incomplete fix for CVE-2016-5398. Remote, authenticated attackers that have privileges to create business processes can store scripts in them, which are not properly sanitized before showing to other users, including admins.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.01259 69th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Partial Red Hat: 2 advisoriesRed Hat: 2 fixed, 2 without a fix

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
Red HatBRMS6—No fix listedCNA
  • BRMS VendorRed Hat Affected 6 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 2

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:jboss_bpm_suite:6.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*6.0.0VulnerableRed Hat
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:jboss_business_rules_management_system:6.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*6.0.0VulnerableRed Hat
  • cpe:2.3:a:redhat:jboss_bpm_suite:6.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 6.0.0 Vulnerable ·Red Hat
  • cpe:2.3:a:redhat:jboss_business_rules_management_system:6.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 6.0.0 Vulnerable ·Red Hat

Remediation

Red Hat 2 advisories

  • RHSA-2016:2822 Released 2016-11-28 · Red Hat rating Moderate
    Red Hat JBoss BPM Suite security update
    • Red Hat JBoss BPMS 6.3
  • RHSA-2016:2823 Released 2016-11-28 · Red Hat rating Moderate
    Red Hat JBoss BRMS security update
    • Red Hat JBoss BRMS 6.3

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat BPM Suite 6AffectedNo fix yet
Red Hat JBoss BRMS 6AffectedNo fix yet
Red Hat JBoss BPMS 6.3Fixed RHSA-2016:2822
Red Hat JBoss BRMS 6.3Fixed RHSA-2016:2823

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2016-8608
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-9vxf-m4pg-2r4f

References

Advisory 3

  • TI-2015-06239 Red Hat JBoss A-MQ 6.x; BPM Suite (BPMS) 6.x; BRMS 6.x and 5.x; Data Grid (JDG) 6.x; Data… CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2018-13721 FasterXML jackson-databind 2.x before 2.9.8 might allow attackers to have unspecified… CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2018-13720 FasterXML jackson-databind 2.x before 2.9.8 might allow attackers to have unspecified… CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2018-13719 FasterXML jackson-databind 2.x before 2.9.8 might allow attackers to have unspecified… CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2016-04319 SQL injection vulnerability in the getStringParameterSQL method in… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2016-06045 The dashbuilder in Red Hat JBoss BPM Suite 6.3.2 does not properly handle CSRF tokens… CVSS 3.0HIGH 8.8
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