Cross-site Scripting (XSS) Affecting ansible package, versions <0:2.4.3.0-1.el7ae


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.07% (34th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-ANSIBLE-5397036
  • published1 Apr 2023
  • disclosed21 Dec 2017

Introduced: 21 Dec 2017

CVE-2017-15125  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-79  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 ansible to version 0:2.4.3.0-1.el7ae or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2018:0380.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream ansible package and not the ansible package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

A flaw was found in CloudForms before 5.9.0.22 in the self-service UI snapshot feature where the name field is not properly sanitized for HTML and JavaScript input. An attacker could use this flaw to execute a stored XSS attack on an application administrator using CloudForms. Please note that CSP (Content Security Policy) prevents exploitation of this XSS however not all browsers support CSP.