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CVE-2011-2920 json

Spacewalk: spacewalk: cross-site scripting vulnerability allows arbitrary web script execution.

published 2014-02-05 12 y ago modified 2026-11-05 4 d ago also EUVD-2011-2893

cvss
5.5
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
2.0%
EPSS 2.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 81%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • Red Hat Red Hat Network Satellite Server v 5.4 0:1.2.2-7.el5sat, 0:1.2.7-20.el5sat, 0:1.2.39-98.el5sat
  • spacewalk-pxt network satellite 5.4 1.2.7-20.el5sat
  • spacewalk-pxt network satellite 5.4 1.2.7-20.el6sat
  • spacewalk-web network satellite 5.4 1.2.7-20.el5sat
  • spacewalk-web network satellite 5.4 1.2.7-20.el6sat
  • spacewalk-base network satellite 5.4 1.2.7-20.el5sat
  • spacewalk-base network satellite 5.4 1.2.7-20.el6sat
  • spacewalk-html network satellite 5.4 1.2.7-20.el5sat
  • spacewalk-html network satellite 5.4 1.2.7-20.el6sat

red hat advisories RHSA-2011:1299

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2011-2920 updated cvss 5.5

Spacewalk: Spacewalk: Cross-site scripting vulnerability allows arbitrary web script execution.

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 rhnsd, rhn-check, rhn-setup, yum-rhn-plugin, rhn-setup-gnome, rhn-client-tools Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 rhnsd, yum-rhn-plugin
    affected: workaround, no fix planned “Out of support scope”
  • Red Hat Satellite 5.4 (RHEL v.5) spacewalk-pxt 1.2.7-20.el5sat, spacewalk-web 1.2.7-20.el5sat, spacewalk-base 1.2.7-20.el5sat, spacewalk-html 1.2.7-20.el5sat, spacewalk-config 1.2.2-7.el5sat, spacewalk-dobby 1.2.7-20.el5sat, +8 more Red Hat Satellite 5.4 (RHEL v.6) spacewalk-pxt 1.2.7-20.el6sat, spacewalk-web 1.2.7-20.el6sat, spacewalk-base 1.2.7-20.el6sat, spacewalk-html 1.2.7-20.el6sat, spacewalk-config 1.2.2-7.el6sat, spacewalk-dobby 1.2.7-20.el6sat, +8 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2011:1299

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

2.04% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 81% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
NVD 2.0 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Affected products

  • Red Hat Red Hat Network Satellite Server v 5.4
  • Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  • Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation

References

Sources

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