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CVE-2018-16887 — Vulnerability in katello — CVE Details

MEDIUM

katello Cross-site Scripting vulnerability

Published May 14, 2022Updated November 8, 2023Source: osv

Summary

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.

Advisory Timeline

  • First published May 14, 2022 (1612 days ago).
  • Last revised November 8, 2023 — 543 days after initial publication.

Remediation

Upgrade to the fixed version using your package manager.

Bundler
Update katello to 3.9.0 or later
gem install katello -v 3.9.0

After upgrading, run your dependency scanner again to confirm the vulnerability is resolved.

Affected Packages (1)

Affects 1 ecosystem: rubygems (1).

PackageEcosystemAffectedFixed In
katello
rubygems
1.5.0, 2.2.2, 2.4.0, 2.4.0.rc1 (+67 more)3.9.0

Vulnerability Classification

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) identifiers for this vulnerability type.

  • CWE-79
    Cross-site Scripting (XSS)MITRE

CVSS Score Breakdown

What the CVSS (Common Vulnerability Scoring System) 5.4 score means for each attack dimension.

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
Required
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None

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

References

Frequently Asked Questions

What is CVE-2018-16887?
katello Cross-site Scripting vulnerability This vulnerability has been assigned a severity rating of MEDIUM (CVSS score: 5.4/10).
How do I check if my project is affected by CVE-2018-16887?
CVE-2018-16887 affects katello. Use GeekWala's free vulnerability scanner to check your dependencies against CVE-2018-16887 and 200,000+ other known vulnerabilities.

Severity & Exploitability

CVSS Score
5.4

Exploitation requires specific conditions or has limited impact. Remediate within weeks.

Also Known As

GHSA-mhhc-r88h-2qrm

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