What is CVE-2017-7538?

CVE-2017-7538 is a low-severity vulnerability in Red Hat Satellite, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 3.5/10. Published 2018-07-26.

How severe is CVE-2017-7538?

Low severity. CVSS v3 base score is 3.5 out of 10.

XSS in Red Hat Satellite

CVE-2017-7538

A cross-site scripting (XSS) flaw was found in how an organization name is displayed in Satellite 5, before 5.8. A user able to change an organization's name could exploit this flaw to perform XSS attacks against other Satellite users.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.007 (51.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 3.5 (Low). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Red Hat Satellite — versions 5.8
Redhat Satellite

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)
secalert@redhat.com (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK)
secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_REDHAT, vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-7538?: CVE-2017-7538 is a low-severity vulnerability in Red Hat Satellite, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 3.5/10. Published 2018-07-26.
How severe is CVE-2017-7538?: Low severity. CVSS v3 base score is 3.5 out of 10.