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CVE-2013-2143

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 48.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2014-04-17 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-20

Description

The users controller in Katello 1.5.0-14 and earlier, and Red Hat Satellite, does not check authorization for the update_roles action, which allows remote authenticated users to gain privileges by setting a user account to an administrator account.

Affected products

• RedHat Network Satellite: all versions
• Katello: through 1.5.0-14

References

• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/125866/Katello-Red-Hat-Satellite-users-update_roles-Missing-Authorization.html
• http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/32515
• http://www.osvdb.org/104981
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/66434
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/125866/Katello-Red-Hat-Satellite-users-update_roles-Missing-Authorization.html
• http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/32515
• http://www.osvdb.org/104981
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/66434

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