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Fencer Vulns
low 3.5

CVE-2017-7538 json

A cross-site scripting (XSS) flaw was found in how an organization name is displayed in Satellite 5, before 5.8.

published 2018-07-26 8 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2017-16551

cvss
3.5
version 3.0, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.7%
EPSS 0.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 55%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • redhat satellite 5.8
  • spacewalk-java network satellite 5.8 2.5.14-95.el6sat
  • satellite-schema network satellite 5.8 5.8.0.33-1.el6sat
  • spacewalk-schema network satellite 5.8 2.5.1-50.el6sat
  • spacewalk-backend network satellite 5.8 2.5.3-151.el6sat
  • spacewalk-java-lib network satellite 5.8 2.5.14-95.el6sat
  • spacewalk-taskomatic network satellite 5.8 2.5.14-95.el6sat
  • spacewalk-backend-app network satellite 5.8 2.5.3-151.el6sat
  • spacewalk-backend-cdn network satellite 5.8 2.5.3-151.el6sat

red hat advisories RHSA-2017:2645

  • smdba Manager Server 3.0 1.6.0-0.7.3.1
  • susemanager Manager Server 3.0 3.0.23-25.3.1
  • spacewalk-web Manager Server 3.0 2.5.7.18-25.6.1
  • spacewalk-java Manager Server 3.0 2.5.59.17-27.6.1
  • spacewalk-config Manager Server 3.0 2.5.2.8-13.3.1
  • spacewalk-search Manager Server 3.0 2.5.2.3-4.3.1
  • spacewalk-backend Manager Server 3.0 2.5.24.13-26.8.1
  • salt-netapi-client Manager Server 3.0 0.12.0-16.3.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2017:2453-1SUSE-SU-2017:2257-1

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-2017-7538 updated cvss 3.5

5: organization name allows XSS

  • Red Hat Satellite 5.8 (RHEL v.6) spacewalk-java 2.5.14-95.el6sat, spacewalk-schema 2.5.1-50.el6sat, satellite-schema 5.8.0.33-1.el6sat, spacewalk-backend 2.5.3-151.el6sat, spacewalk-java-lib 2.5.14-95.el6sat, spacewalk-taskomatic 2.5.14-95.el6sat, +20 more Red Hat Satellite 5.8 ELS (RHEL v.6) spacewalk-java 2.5.14-95.el6sat, spacewalk-schema 2.5.1-50.el6sat, satellite-schema 5.8.0.33-1.el6sat, spacewalk-backend 2.5.3-151.el6sat, spacewalk-java-lib 2.5.14-95.el6sat, spacewalk-taskomatic 2.5.14-95.el6sat, +20 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2017:2645

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Exploit prediction

0.75% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 55% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.0 3.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
NVD 3.0 5.4 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
NVD 2.0 3.5 AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N

Affected products

  • Red Hat Satellite

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.