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CVE-2014-7811· NVD / CVE Program· CNA redhat

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Spacewalk and Red Hat Network (RHN) Satellite before 5.7.0 allow remote authenticated

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Spacewalk and Red Hat Network (RHN) Satellite before 5.7.0 allow remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via crafted XML data to the REST API.

LowCVSS 3.5 · v2.0—No exploit Fix available

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Published
Jan 15, 2015
Updated
Jun 16, 2026
EPSS
1.5% · 73th percentile
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Action score

14

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Low priority for now.

CVSS
14 / 40 · 3.5 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
0 / 30 · 1.5%

Affected systems

VendorProduct
redhatnetwork satellite
redhatspacewalk
susemanager

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • redhat network satelliteup to 5.6 inclusive
  • redhat spacewalkall versions
  • suse manager1.7

Package-level exposure

OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.

EcosystemPackageAffected rangeFix
Red Hat:network_satellite_managed_db:5.7::el6perl-Filesys-Dfbefore 0:0.92-8.el6sat0:0.92-8.el6sat
Red Hat:network_satellite_managed_db:5.7::el6perl-Filesys-Df-debuginfobefore 0:0.92-8.el6sat0:0.92-8.el6sat
Red Hat:network_satellite_managed_db:5.7::el6postgresql92before 0:1.1-21.el60:1.1-21.el6
Red Hat:network_satellite_managed_db:5.7::el6postgresql92-postgresqlbefore 0:9.2.8-2.el60:9.2.8-2.el6
Red Hat:network_satellite_managed_db:5.7::el6postgresql92-postgresql-contribbefore 0:9.2.8-2.el60:9.2.8-2.el6
Red Hat:network_satellite_managed_db:5.7::el6postgresql92-postgresql-debuginfobefore 0:9.2.8-2.el60:9.2.8-2.el6
Red Hat:network_satellite_managed_db:5.7::el6postgresql92-postgresql-libsbefore 0:9.2.8-2.el60:9.2.8-2.el6
Red Hat:network_satellite_managed_db:5.7::el6postgresql92-postgresql-pltclbefore 0:9.2.8-2.el60:9.2.8-2.el6
Red Hat:network_satellite_managed_db:5.7::el6postgresql92-postgresql-serverbefore 0:9.2.8-2.el60:9.2.8-2.el6
Red Hat:network_satellite_managed_db:5.7::el6postgresql92-postgresql-upgradebefore 0:9.2.8-2.el60:9.2.8-2.el6
Red Hat:network_satellite_managed_db:5.7::el6postgresql92-runtimebefore 0:1.1-21.el60:1.1-21.el6
Red Hat:network_satellite_managed_db:5.7::el6satellite-repobefore 0:5.6.0.3-1.el6sat0:5.6.0.3-1.el6sat
Red Hat:network_satellite_managed_db:5.7::el6scl-utilsbefore 0:20120927-11.el6_50:20120927-11.el6_5
Red Hat:network_satellite_managed_db:5.7::el6scl-utils-debuginfobefore 0:20120927-11.el6_50:20120927-11.el6_5
Red Hat:network_satellite_managed_db:5.7::el6spacewalk-base-minimalbefore 0:2.3.2-27.el6sat0:2.3.2-27.el6sat
Red Hat:network_satellite_managed_db:5.7::el6spacewalk-dobbybefore 0:2.3.2-27.el6sat0:2.3.2-27.el6sat
Red Hat:network_satellite_managed_db:5.7::el6spacewalk-setup-postgresqlbefore 0:2.3.0-21.el6sat0:2.3.0-21.el6sat
Red Hat:network_satellite_managed_db:5.7::el6spacewalk-webbefore 0:2.3.2-27.el6sat0:2.3.2-27.el6sat
Red Hat:network_satellite:5.7::el6ace-editorbefore 0:1.1.3-2.el6sat0:1.1.3-2.el6sat
Red Hat:network_satellite:5.7::el6antlrbefore 0:2.7.7-7.ep5.el60:2.7.7-7.ep5.el6
Red Hat:network_satellite:5.7::el6apache-commons-beanutilsbefore 0:1.8.3-10.redhat_2.ep6.el60:1.8.3-10.redhat_2.ep6.el6
Red Hat:network_satellite:5.7::el6apache-commons-clibefore 0:1.2-7.5.redhat_2.ep6.el6.40:1.2-7.5.redhat_2.ep6.el6.4
Red Hat:network_satellite:5.7::el6bootstrapbefore 0:3.0.0-4.el6sat0:3.0.0-4.el6sat
Red Hat:network_satellite:5.7::el6bootstrap-datepickerbefore 0:1.3.0-2.el6sat0:1.3.0-2.el6sat

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Same product

redhat: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

  • CVE-2013-2143The users controller in Katello 1.5.0-14 and earlier, and Red Hat Satellite, does not check authorization for the update_roles action, which
    40Plan
  • CVE-2014-8162XML external entity (XXE) in the RPC interface in Spacewalk and Red Hat Network (RHN) Satellite 5.7 and earlier allows remote attackers to r
    31Monitor
  • CVE-2013-4480Red Hat Satellite 5.6 and earlier does not disable the web interface that is used to create the first user for a satellite, which allows rem
    31Monitor
  • CVE-2011-1594Spacewalk: spacewalk: open redirect vulnerability enables phishing attacks via url parameter
    26Monitor
  • CVE-2011-2920Spacewalk: spacewalk: cross-site scripting vulnerability allows arbitrary web script execution.
    23Monitor
  • CVE-2011-3344Spacewalk: spacewalk: cross-site scripting via uri in lookup login/password form
    21Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

Product / packageFixed versionSource
red hat:perl-Filesys-Df0:0.92-8.el6sat · Red Hat:network_satellite_managed_db:5.7::el6Package registry (OSV)
red hat:perl-Filesys-Df-debuginfo0:0.92-8.el6sat · Red Hat:network_satellite_managed_db:5.7::el6Package registry (OSV)
red hat:postgresql920:1.1-21.el6 · Red Hat:network_satellite_managed_db:5.7::el6Package registry (OSV)
red hat:postgresql92-postgresql0:9.2.8-2.el6 · Red Hat:network_satellite_managed_db:5.7::el6Package registry (OSV)
red hat:postgresql92-postgresql-contrib0:9.2.8-2.el6 · Red Hat:network_satellite_managed_db:5.7::el6Package registry (OSV)
red hat:postgresql92-postgresql-debuginfo0:9.2.8-2.el6 · Red Hat:network_satellite_managed_db:5.7::el6Package registry (OSV)
red hat:postgresql92-postgresql-libs0:9.2.8-2.el6 · Red Hat:network_satellite_managed_db:5.7::el6Package registry (OSV)
red hat:postgresql92-postgresql-pltcl0:9.2.8-2.el6 · Red Hat:network_satellite_managed_db:5.7::el6Package registry (OSV)
red hat:postgresql92-postgresql-server0:9.2.8-2.el6 · Red Hat:network_satellite_managed_db:5.7::el6Package registry (OSV)
red hat:postgresql92-postgresql-upgrade0:9.2.8-2.el6 · Red Hat:network_satellite_managed_db:5.7::el6Package registry (OSV)
red hat:postgresql92-runtime0:1.1-21.el6 · Red Hat:network_satellite_managed_db:5.7::el6Package registry (OSV)
red hat:satellite-repo0:5.6.0.3-1.el6sat · Red Hat:network_satellite_managed_db:5.7::el6Package registry (OSV)

Exploit status

No known public exploit

No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.

Research context

For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.

Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

No dated events beyond publication.

EPSS, last 120 days

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Patch and commit links

Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.

No commit or PR link among the references.

Credits

All researchers

Finders, reporters and analysts named in the CNA record. Click a name for that researcher’s other records.

No credits in the CNA record.

Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

No nightly-computed relations.

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

Technical details

Attack conditions

    If successful

    Confidentiality
    none
    Integrity
    P · data or configuration can be modified
    Availability
    none
    Attack complexity
    M
    Confidentiality impact
    None
    Integrity impact
    P
    Availability impact
    None

    Weakness class (CWE)

    CWE-79 · Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

    CVSS vector

    AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N

    nvd-primary

    Root cause

    User content is inserted into the page as HTML. The browser interprets the content as code rather than data.

    The bug in code

    The whole CWE-79 class

    A representative example of this vulnerability class. Not the vendor's source code; it shows the faulty pattern and its fix.

    Vulnerable

    ts
    commentEl.innerHTML = comment.body;

    Fixed

    ts
    commentEl.textContent = comment.body;

    Attack context

    MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.

    ATT&CK techniques

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    Change log

    1. Fix✗ → ✓

    For records you follow, these changes also arrive as notifications. →

    References

    Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.

    All records