Security readout for executives and security teams
CVE-2017-7538 is a low-severity XSS issue in Red Hat Satellite 5. A user who can rename an organization could store a malicious organization name that affects other Satellite users when displayed. Business risk is limited but relevant where Satellite manages important infrastructure. Exposure is most likely in legacy Red Hat Satellite 5 environments where authenticated users can change organization names. The source bundle is inconsistent on exact affected version metadata, so confirm against RHSA-2017:2645. Treat as a low-priority but real hygiene issue. Address during normal patch cycles, faster if Satellite users with lower trust can rename organizations or if the system is broadly accessible internally. Mitigation focus: Review Red Hat RHSA-2017:2645 and apply the listed Satellite 5 update.; Restrict organization-name modification rights until remediation is confirmed.; Audit organization names for unexpected markup or script-like content..
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- Low
- CVSS
- 3.5 (3.0)
- Known Exploited
- No
- Published
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
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CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N2.11.4Primary CVE scoreVulnerability scoring details
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3.5LowVector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2017-7538CVE reference · x_refsource_CONFIRM
- RHSA-2017:2645CVE reference · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
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Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
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