CVE-2017-7538

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.4 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2018-07-26 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-79

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.

Affected products

Red Hat Satellite 6: before 5.8 — fixed in 5.8

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Red Hat Satellite 6 5.8. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039267
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2645
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2017-7538
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039267
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2645
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2017-7538

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