CVE-2018-16887

MEDIUM
5.4
CVSS Score
Published: January 13, 2019 at 02:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:44 AM UTC
3 products affected across 3 vendorsSatelliteKatelloKatello

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Severity
MEDIUM5.4
Exploit prediction
EPSS 1.0%

Description

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

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v < 3.9.0
Affected range stops below 3.9.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

References (2)

x_refsource_CONFIRMExploitIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-16887

CVSS

5.4MEDIUMredhat
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality
LOW
Integrity
LOW
Availability
NONE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-79

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