CVE-2012-6149

Public Exploit

Description

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in systems/sdc/notes.jsp in Spacewalk and Red Hat Network (RHN) Satellite 5.6 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) subject or (2) content values of a note in a system.addNote XML-RPC call.

Category

3.5
CVSS
Severity: Low
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.25%
Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory suse.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://git.fedorahosted.org/cgit/spacewalk.git/commit/?id=1d0f4b4a78ea03d9f2d05fbd52236b1f2ab68e85 patch exploit
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=882000 issue tracking vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/56952 third party advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0148.html vendor advisory
https://git.fedorahosted.org/cgit/spacewalk.git/commit/?id=18c70164285cae0660fa3ac55c6656bb19b3b13f third party advisory patch
https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2014/suse-su-20140222-1.html vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2012-6149?
CVE-2012-6149 has been scored as a low severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2012-6149?
To fix CVE-2012-6149, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2012-6149 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2012-6149 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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