CVE-2018-16887
Last modified
CVE-2018-16887 is a medium-severity vulnerability rated 5.4/10 on the CVSS scale. 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. EPSS estimates a 1.00% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
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.
Metrics
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Weakness Enumeration
Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Redhat | Satellite | 6.0 |
| Theforeman | Katello | < 3.9.0 |
References
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-16887Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-16887Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
Timeline
- Published
- Last Modified
- Status
- Modified
Frequently Asked Questions
What is CVE-2018-16887?
How severe is CVE-2018-16887?
How do I fix CVE-2018-16887?
How Strix Helps
- How Strix found a critical auth bypass in etcdStrix autonomously discovered a critical authentication bypass in etcd, later designated CVE-2026-33413.
- Autonomous PentestingAI agents that find and validate exploitable vulnerabilities like this one across your applications.
- PR ReviewsPentest every pull request so vulnerable code is caught before it ships to production.
- AI Penetration TestingHow AI-driven penetration testing continuously covers your attack surface.
Related CVEs from 2018
- CVE-2018-16881A denial of service vulnerability was found in rsyslog in th…7.5
- CVE-2018-16882A use-after-free issue was found in the way the Linux kernel…8.8
- CVE-2018-16883sssd versions from 1.13.0 to before 2.0.0 did not properly r…2.5
- CVE-2018-16884A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's NFS41+ subsystem. NFS…8
- CVE-2018-16885A flaw was found in the Linux kernel that allows the userspa…4.7
- CVE-2018-16886etcd versions 3.2.x before 3.2.26 and 3.3.x before 3.3.11 ar…8.1
- CVE-2018-16888It was discovered systemd does not correctly check the conte…4.7
- CVE-2018-16889Ceph does not properly sanitize encryption keys in debug log…5.5
- CVE-2018-16890libcurl versions from 7.36.0 to before 7.64.0 is vulnerable …7.5
- CVE-2018-16891Rejected reason: DO NOT USE THIS CANDIDATE NUMBER. ConsultID…
- CVE-2018-16892Rejected reason: DO NOT USE THIS CANDIDATE NUMBER. ConsultID…
- CVE-2018-16893Rejected reason: DO NOT USE THIS CANDIDATE NUMBER. ConsultID…
Are you affected by CVE-2018-16887?
Run a free Strix scan to check your systems for this vulnerability.
Scan your code nowSource: NVD / NIST