Katello
CVE-2013-2143
MEDIUM
Vulnerability Assessment
| Weakness |
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A05:2025 - Injection
ASVS 5.0
V2 - Validation and Business Logic Input validation, allowlisting
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| Impact | CVSS score of 6.5 (MEDIUM). Attack characteristics: network attack vector, low complexity. Public proof-of-concept exploit code is available. EPSS exploitation probability: 61.47%. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | This vulnerability can be exploited remotely over the network. Successful exploitation could compromise the medium-severity affected system. |
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The users controller in Katello 1.5.0-14 and earlier, and Red Hat Satellite, does not check authorization for the update_roles action, which allows remote authenticated users to gain privileges by. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and EPSS exploitation probability 61.5%.
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No vendor patch is available at time of analysis. Monitor vendor advisories for updates. Apply vendor patches when available. Implement network segmentation and monitoring as interim mitigations.
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This vulnerability is classified under CWE-20. The users controller in Katello 1.5.0-14 and earlier, and Red Hat Satellite, does not check authorization for the update_roles action, which allows remote authenticated users to gain privileges by setting a user account to an administrator account. Affected products include: Redhat Network Satellite, Theforeman Katello.
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DescriptionCVE.org
The users controller in Katello 1.5.0-14 and earlier, and Red Hat Satellite, does not check authorization for the update_roles action, which allows remote authenticated users to gain privileges by setting a user account to an administrator account.
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Attack Technique
Information disclosure occurs when an application unintentionally exposes sensitive data that aids attackers in reconnaissance or directly compromises security.
Affected Products (CPE)CVE.org
The installation script in Katello 1.0 and earlier does not properly generate the Application.config.secret_token value,
Katello allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via the (1) mode parameter in the setu
Multiple SQL injection vulnerabilities in the scoped_search function in app/controllers/katello/api/v2/api_controller.rb
Katello Installer before 0.0.18 uses world-readable permissions for /etc/pki/tls/private/katello-node.key when deploying
An authorization flaw in Katello's Flatpak Remote Repositories API allows an authenticated user who is permitted to view
A flaw was found in the Katello plugin for Foreman, where it is possible to store malicious JavaScript code in the "Desc
Cross-organization repository metadata disclosure in the Katello (Red Hat Satellite 6) Docker Tags repositories API allo
A SQL injection flaw was found in katello's errata-related API. Rated medium severity (CVSS 4.3), this vulnerability is
A cleartext password storage issue was discovered in Katello, versions 3.x.x.x before katello 3.12.0.9. Rated low severi
script/katello-generate-passphrase in Katello 1.1 uses world-readable permissions for /etc/katello/secure/passphrase, wh
modules/certs/manifests/config.pp in katello-configure before 1.3.3.pulpv2 in Katello uses weak permissions (666) for th
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