CVE-2013-2143

medium

Published 2014-04-17 · Modified 2026-05-06

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

7.5

Description

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.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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Exploits

Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.

Exploit-DB

EDB-32515 remote linux verified

Metasploit · 2014-03-26

Katello (RedHat Satellite) - users/update_roles Missing Authorisation (Metasploit)

Source code queued for fetch — refresh in a moment.

Metasploit modules

auxiliary_admin/http/katello_satellite_priv_esc rank 300

Katello (Red Hat Satellite) users/update_roles Missing Authorization

Source fetch failed: fetch_error — view the original via the link above.

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
redhat	network_satellite	`-`
theforeman	katello	`{"endIncluding":"1.5.0-14"}`

References

CWEs

CWE-20

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.