Red Hat Satellite 6 Katello Plugin Description cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Red Hat Satellite 6. Affected is an unknown function of the component Katello Plugin. Executing a manipulation of the argument Description can lead to cross site scripting. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2024-4812. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Red Hat Satellite 6 and classified as problematic. This vulnerability affects some unknown functionality of the component Katello Plugin. The manipulation of the argument Description with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-79. The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users. As an impact it is known to affect integrity. CVE summarizes:

A flaw was found in the Katello plugin for Foreman, where it is possible to store malicious JavaScript code in the "Description" field of a user. This code can be executed when opening certain pages, for example, Host Collections.

The advisory is available at access.redhat.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2024-4812 since 05/13/2024. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. Additional levels of successful authentication are necessary for exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 08/30/2025). This vulnerability is assigned to T1059.007 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2024-44560). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.0
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.0

VulDB Base Score: 2.4
VulDB Temp Score: 2.4
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Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-79 / CWE-94 / CWE-74
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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05/13/2024 🔍
06/05/2024 +23 days 🔍
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08/30/2025 +451 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: redhat.com

Advisory: access.redhat.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2024-4812 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-4812
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-267178
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Entryinfo

Created: 06/05/2024 17:40
Updated: 08/30/2025 21:14
Changes: 06/05/2024 17:40 (62), 06/05/2024 19:26 (2), 06/06/2024 13:43 (1), 06/19/2024 03:36 (11), 03/26/2025 04:30 (4), 08/30/2025 21:14 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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Discussion

 Anonymous User (+0)
2 years ago
Good afternoon,
I don't find this cpe in the NVD Nist dictionary, rather the following cpe: redhat:satellite
Could you kindly align?
We would appreciate it very much.
Best Regards,
TEAM CERT
 VulDB Community Team2 years ago
Thank you, we have just aligned the CPE.

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