What is CVE-2016-3097?

CVE-2016-3097 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Red Hat Satellite, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2016-08-05.

How severe is CVE-2016-3097?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.

XSS in Red Hat Satellite

CVE-2016-3097

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in spacewalk-java in Red Hat Satellite 5.7 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a group name, related to viewing snapshot data.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2016-08-05 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.011 (63.6th percentile), scored 2026-10-02.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 64th percentile — 63.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.011 · newest: 0.011 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Red Hat Satellite — versions 5.7

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi (Issue Tracking)
rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1484.html (vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-3097?: CVE-2016-3097 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Red Hat Satellite, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2016-08-05.
How severe is CVE-2016-3097?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.