FKIE_CVE-2017-7538

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2018-07-26 15:29 - Updated: 2026-06-17 01:24
Severity
3.5 (Low) - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
5.4 (Medium) - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Summary
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.
References
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039267Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
secalert@redhat.comhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2645Vendor Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2017-7538Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039267Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2645Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2017-7538Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
redhat satellite *
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  "lastModified": "2026-06-17T01:24:33.787",
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