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low 1.9

CVE-2007-5496 json

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in setroubleshoot 2.0.5 allows local users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted (1…

published 2008-05-23 18 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2007-5471

cvss
1.9
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.4%
EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 32%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in setroubleshoot 2.0.5 allows local users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted (1) file or (2) process name, which triggers an Access Vector Cache (AVC) log entry in a log file used during composition of HTML documents for sealert.

Patch / fix

  • setroubleshoot RHEL 5 2.0.5-3.el5
  • setroubleshoot-server RHEL 5 2.0.5-3.el5
  • setroubleshoot-plugins RHEL 5 2.0.4-2.el5

red hat advisories RHSA-2008:0061

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-2007-5496 updated

setroubleshoot log injection

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) setroubleshoot 2.0.5-3.el5, setroubleshoot-server 2.0.5-3.el5, setroubleshoot-plugins 2.0.4-2.el5 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) setroubleshoot 2.0.5-3.el5, setroubleshoot-server 2.0.5-3.el5, setroubleshoot-plugins 2.0.4-2.el5
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2008:0061

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Exploit prediction

0.39% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 32% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 1.9 AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Classification

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

References

Sources

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