CVE-2011-4346 (GCVE-0-2011-4346)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2011-12-10 17:00 – Updated: 2026-10-30 18:03
VLAI
Title
Satellite: xss in custom system information key handling
Summary
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the web interface in Red Hat Network (RHN) Satellite allows remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the Description field of the asset tag in a Custom Info page.
Severity
4.6 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-79 - Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
Assigner
redhat CNA under the redhat root
CNA scorecard B 82/100 over 1082 records in the last 180 days details
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Red Hat Red Hat Network Satellite Server v 5.4 Unaffected: 0:1.2.7-21.el5sat , < * (rpm)
    cpe:/a:redhat:network_satellite:5.4::el5
    cpe:/a:redhat:network_satellite:5.4::el6
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Red Hat Red Hat Satellite 6     cpe:/a:redhat:satellite:6
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Date Public
2011-12-10 17:00
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