medium5.4
CVE-2018-16887
katello Cross-site Scripting vulnerability
Impact
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.
Affected packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| rubygems | katello | < 3.9.0 | 3.9.0 |
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Redhat | Satellite | Version 6.0 |
| Theforeman | Katello | before 3.9.0 |
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- GitHub advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1222
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-16887
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-mhhc-r88h-2qrm
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-16887
- https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/katello/CVE-2018-16887.yml