CVE-2012-3503

Katello vulnerability

CVSS

9.8

EPSS

3.0%

EPSS pct

86th

Exploited

No known

The installation script in Katello 1.0 and earlier does not properly generate the Application.config.secret_token value, which causes each default installation to have the same secret token, and allows remote attackers to authenticate to the CloudForms System Engine web interface as an arbitrary user by creating a cookie using the default secret_token.

Affected vendor

Theforeman

Affected product

Katello

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness type (CWE)

CWE-798 — Use of Hard-coded Credentials

Published

2012-08-25

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no privileges, no user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to high impact to confidentiality, high impact to integrity, high impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 3.0% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 86% of all scored CVEs.

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