# CVE-2015-0284: Cross-site scripting in n/a

> Remote authenticated users can inject arbitrary web script or HTML via crafted XML data in the XMLRPC API, potentially leading to session hijacking or malicious actions.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.4 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 14 Apr 2016
- **Updated:** 6 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** CVE-2016-2144, GHSA-q4pf-r4w7-4wpv

## What is CVE-2015-0284?

CVE-2015-0284 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Redhat Satellite, published on 14 Apr 2016. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in spacewalk-java in Spacewalk and Red Hat Satellite 5.7 allows remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via crafted XML data to the XMLRPC API, involving user details.  NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2014-7811.

Weakness: CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-0284?

It affects 2 products.


Products: Redhat Satellite, Redhat Spacewalk-Java.

## How do I fix CVE-2015-0284?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2015-0284 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-0284 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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- [CVE-2023-0118](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-0118/): Foreman: arbitrary code execution through templates (critical 9.1)
- [CVE-2008-2369](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-2369/): Hardcoded credentials in n/a (critical 9.1)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2015-0284 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2015-0284 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Redhat Satellite, published on 14 Apr 2016. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-0284 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Redhat Satellite. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-0284/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-0284/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-0284
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-0284
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2015-0284

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