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CVE-2018-16887

Published: Jan 13, 2019Updated: Nov 21, 2024 Sources: CVE List NVD GHSA BDUCWE-79
5.4MEDIUM
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
1.0%
Top 40.5%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
2 Known
Remediation
Patch Available
Self-Check
Not available

Description

A cross-site scripting (XSS) flaw was found in the katello component of Satellite. An attacker with privilege to create/edit organizations and locations is able to execute a XSS attacks against other users through the Subscriptions or the Red Hat Repositories wizards. This can possibly lead to malicious code execution and extraction of the anti-CSRF token of higher privileged users. Versions before 3.9.0 are vulnerable.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:LUI:RS:CC:LI:LA:N
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:LPrivileges Required
Low
UI:RUser Interaction
Required
Scope
S:CScope
Changed
Impact
C:LConfidentiality
Low
I:LIntegrity
Low
A:NAvailability
None
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Weaknesses

CWE-79

Affected Products

Сообщество свободного программного обеспечения
oss-projectaka fsf
KatelloOn-prem
Operating Systems / linux-distro
The Katello Project
oss-projectaka katello
katelloOn-prem
Enterprise Software / itsm-monitoring
redhat
commercial·USaka red hat
satelliteOn-prem
Operating Systems / linux-distro
theforeman
commercialaka the foreman
katelloOn-premWeb App
Enterprise Software / itsm-monitoring
RubyGems
package-ecosystem
katello
OSS Libraries

Exploitability

2 exploit sources identified

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MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques
Execution
Initial Access
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References

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-16887
bugzilla.redhat.com
https://www.mag-securs.com/alertes/artmid/1894/articleid/27160/satellite-up-to-390-katello-cross-site-request-forgery.aspx
mag-securs.com
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1222
access.redhat.com
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