5.4

CVE-2017-7538: red hat satellite Cross-site Scripting

CVSS: 5.4v3.0MediumModified
AliasesSUSE-SU-2017:2453-1RHSA-2017:2645
Published 26-07-2018Last modified 05-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2017-7538 is a medium (CVSS 5.4) Cross-site Scripting vulnerability in red hat satellite. EPSS estimates a 0.75% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 53.9% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
22/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.4/10
010
Medium · v3.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.75%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 1 · Related 1
SUSE-SU-2017:2257-1

Timeline

  1. 26-07-2018
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 05-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

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.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

0.75%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

54%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.75% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
0.75%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Redhat27 products
  • satellite< 5.8
  • satellite-schema< 0:5.8.0.33-1.el6sat
  • spacewalk-backend< 0:2.5.3-151.el6sat
  • spacewalk-backend-app< 0:2.5.3-151.el6sat
  • spacewalk-backend-applet< 0:2.5.3-151.el6sat
Suse14 products
  • salt-netapi-client&distro=SUSE Manager Server 3.0< 0.12.0-16.3.1
  • smdba&distro=SUSE Manager Server 3.0< 1.6.0-0.7.3.1
  • spacewalk-backend&distro=SUSE Manager Server 3.0< 2.5.24.13-26.8.1
  • spacewalk-branding&distro=SUSE Manager Server 3.0< 2.5.2.14-16.3.1
  • spacewalk-config&distro=SUSE Manager Server 3.0< 2.5.2.8-13.3.1
Red hat1 product

3 vendors · 42 products

References

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