Vulnerability in Theforeman Katello

CVE-2012-3503

The installation script in Katello 1.0 and earlier does not properly generate the Application.config.secret_token value, which causes each default installation to have the same secret token, and allows remote attackers to authenticate to the CloudForms System Engine web interface as an arbitrary user by creating a cookie using the default secret_token.

EPSS: 0.030 (86.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2012-3503?
CVE-2012-3503 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Theforeman Katello, classified under Use of Hard-coded Credentials. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2012-08-25.
How severe is CVE-2012-3503?
Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.