Description
A flaw was found in Spacewalk and Red Hat Network Satellite. This cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability allows a remote attacker to inject arbitrary web script or HTML into web pages through various input fields, such as the "Filter by Synopsis" field. This could lead to the execution of malicious code in a user's web browser, potentially compromising user sessions or disclosing sensitive information.
Published: 2014-02-05
Score: 5.5 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2011-2893 Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Spacewalk 1.6, as used in Red Hat Network (RHN) Satellite, allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the "Filter by Synopsis" field and other unspecified filter forms.
History

Thu, 02 Apr 2026 21:45:00 +0000

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Description Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Spacewalk 1.6, as used in Red Hat Network (RHN) Satellite, allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the "Filter by Synopsis" field and other unspecified filter forms. A flaw was found in Spacewalk and Red Hat Network Satellite. This cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability allows a remote attacker to inject arbitrary web script or HTML into web pages through various input fields, such as the "Filter by Synopsis" field. This could lead to the execution of malicious code in a user's web browser, potentially compromising user sessions or disclosing sensitive information.
Title Satellite: XSS flaw(s) in filter handling Spacewalk: spacewalk: cross-site scripting vulnerability allows arbitrary web script execution.
First Time appeared Redhat enterprise Linux
CPEs cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7
Vendors & Products Redhat enterprise Linux
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L'}


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Redhat Enterprise Linux Network Satellite Spacewalk
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2026-04-02T21:23:38.316Z

Reserved: 2011-07-27T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2011-2920

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2014-02-05T18:55:05.957

Modified: 2026-04-02T22:16:23.270

Link: CVE-2011-2920

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2011-2920 - Bugzilla

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