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CVE-2015-0284 json

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in spacewalk-java in Spacewalk and Red Hat Satellite 5.7 allows remote authenticated users to inje…

published 10y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2015-0297

cvss
5.4
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.2%
EPSS 1.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 69%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in spacewalk-java in Spacewalk and Red Hat Satellite 5.7 allows remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via crafted XML data to the XMLRPC API, involving user details. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2014-7811.

Patch / fix

  • spacewalk-java network satellite 5.7 2.3.8-134.el6sat
  • spacewalk-java-lib network satellite 5.7 2.3.8-134.el6sat
  • spacewalk-taskomatic network satellite 5.7 2.3.8-134.el6sat
  • spacewalk-java-config network satellite 5.7 2.3.8-134.el6sat
  • spacewalk-java-oracle network satellite 5.7 2.3.8-134.el6sat
  • spacewalk-java-postgresql network satellite 5.7 2.3.8-134.el6sat

red hat advisories RHSA-2016:0590

  • osad Manager 2.1 5.11.33.11-15.2
  • rhnlib Manager 2.1 2.5.69.8-11.2
  • cobbler Manager 2.1 2.2.2-0.61.2
  • susemanager Manager 2.1 2.1.24-23.1
  • spacewalk-java Manager 2.1 2.1.165.23-20.1
  • spacewalk-utils Manager 2.1 2.1.27.15-12.7
  • suseRegisterInfo Manager 2.1 2.1.12-14.2
  • spacewalk-backend Manager 2.1 2.1.55.25-24.5

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2016:1367-1

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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-2015-0284 updated cvss 3.5

Satellite: stored XSS in user details fields (incomplete fix for CVE-2014-7811)

  • Red Hat Satellite 5 Server
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat Satellite 5.7 (RHEL v.6) spacewalk-java 2.3.8-134.el6sat, spacewalk-java-lib 2.3.8-134.el6sat, spacewalk-taskomatic 2.3.8-134.el6sat, spacewalk-java-config 2.3.8-134.el6sat, spacewalk-java-oracle 2.3.8-134.el6sat, spacewalk-java-postgresql 2.3.8-134.el6sat
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2016:0590

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Exploit prediction

1.24% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 69% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 5.4 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
NVD 2.0 3.5 AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N

Classification

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

References

Sources

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