What is CVE-2011-2920?

CVE-2011-2920 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2014-02-05.

How severe is CVE-2011-2920?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Is CVE-2011-2920 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

XSS in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

CVE-2011-2920

A flaw was found in Spacewalk and Red Hat Network Satellite. This cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability allows a remote attacker to inject arbitrary web script or HTML into web pages through various input fields, such as the "Filter by Synopsis" field. This could lead to the execution of malicious code in a user's web browser, potentially compromising user sessions or disclosing sensitive information.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.020 (79.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

Public proof-of-concept exploits

Live-Hack-CVE/CVE-2011-2920

References

secalert@redhat.com (Patch, Vendor Advisory)
secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_REDHAT, vdb-entry)
secalert@redhat.com (Vendor Advisory)
secalert@redhat.com (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2011-2920?: CVE-2011-2920 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2014-02-05.
How severe is CVE-2011-2920?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2011-2920 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.