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TI-2015-00249 Aliases CVE-2015-0284GHSA-q4pf-r4w7-4wpv

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in spacewalk-java in Spacewalk and Red Hat…

Priority LOW 27CWE-79Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
Required
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Cross-site scripting
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Low · Low · None
Fix status
Partial Red Hat: 1 fixed, 1 without a fix

Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-79.

Summary

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in spacewalk-java in Spacewalk and Red Hat Satellite 5.7 allows remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via crafted XML data to the XMLRPC API, involving user details. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2014-7811.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.01244 69th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Partial Red Hat: 1 advisoryRed Hat: 1 fixed, 1 without a fix

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 2

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:satellite:5.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*5.7VulnerableRed Hat
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:spacewalk-java:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*not specified by NVDVulnerableRed Hat
  • cpe:2.3:a:redhat:satellite:5.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.7 Vulnerable ·Red Hat
  • cpe:2.3:a:redhat:spacewalk-java:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions not specified by NVD Vulnerable ·Red Hat

Remediation

Red Hat 1 advisory

  • RHSA-2016:0590 Released 2016-04-04 · Red Hat rating Moderate
    spacewalk-java security update
    • Red Hat Satellite 5.7 (RHEL v.6) spacewalk-java-2.3.8-134.el6sat, spacewalk-java-config-2.3.8-134.el6sat, spacewalk-java-lib-2.3.8-134.el6sat +3

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat Satellite 5AffectedNo fix planned: Will not fix
Red Hat Satellite 5.7 (RHEL v.6)Fixed RHSA-2016:0590

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2015-0284
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-q4pf-r4w7-4wpv

References

  • TI-2016-02888 Unspecified vulnerability in Oracle Java SE 6u113, 7u99, and 8u77; Java SE Embedded 8u77… KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2015-02278 Unspecified vulnerability in Oracle Java SE 6u95, 7u80, and 8u45, and Java SE Embedded… KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2023-23979 The HTTP/2 protocol allows a denial of service (server resource consumption) because… KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2026-35991 Starlette has missing Host header validation that poisons request.url.path, bypassing path-based security checks KEVCVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
  • TI-2015-04118 Unspecified vulnerability in Oracle Java SE 6u101, 7u85, and 8u60 allows remote attackers… KEVCVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.3
  • TI-2018-07743 It was found that cobbler 2.6.x exposed all functions from its CobblerXMLRPCInterface… CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
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