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medium 6.1

CVE-2016-3079 json

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the Web UI in Spacewalk and Red Hat Satellite 5.7 allow remote attackers to inject a…

published 2016-04-14 10 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2016-4148

cvss
6.1
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.6%
EPSS 1.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 75%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the Web UI in Spacewalk and Red Hat Satellite 5.7 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via (1) the PATH_INFO to systems/SystemEntitlements.do; (2) the label parameter to admin/multiorg/EntitlementDetails.do; or the name of a (3) snapshot tag or (4) system group in System Set Manager (SSM).

Patch / fix

  • spacewalk-java network satellite 5.7 2.3.8-134.el6sat
  • spacewalk-java-lib network satellite 5.7 2.3.8-134.el6sat
  • spacewalk-taskomatic network satellite 5.7 2.3.8-134.el6sat
  • spacewalk-java-config network satellite 5.7 2.3.8-134.el6sat
  • spacewalk-java-oracle network satellite 5.7 2.3.8-134.el6sat
  • spacewalk-java-postgresql network satellite 5.7 2.3.8-134.el6sat

red hat advisories RHSA-2016:0590

  • osad Manager 2.1 5.11.33.11-15.2
  • rhnlib Manager 2.1 2.5.69.8-11.2
  • cobbler Manager 2.1 2.2.2-0.61.2
  • susemanager Manager 2.1 2.1.24-23.1
  • spacewalk-java Manager 2.1 2.1.165.23-20.1
  • spacewalk-utils Manager 2.1 2.1.27.15-12.7
  • suseRegisterInfo Manager 2.1 2.1.12-14.2
  • spacewalk-backend Manager 2.1 2.1.55.25-24.5

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2016:1367-1

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2016-3079 updated cvss 4.3

spacewalk-java: Multiple XSS issues in WebUI

  • Red Hat Satellite 5.7 (RHEL v.6) spacewalk-java 2.3.8-134.el6sat, spacewalk-java-lib 2.3.8-134.el6sat, spacewalk-taskomatic 2.3.8-134.el6sat, spacewalk-java-config 2.3.8-134.el6sat, spacewalk-java-oracle 2.3.8-134.el6sat, spacewalk-java-postgresql 2.3.8-134.el6sat
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2016:0590

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Exploit prediction

1.58% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 75% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 6.1 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
NVD 2.0 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.