{"id":"CVE-2013-2143","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2013-2143","generatedAt":"2026-11-05T07:06:37.254Z","title":"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.","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.","published":"2014-04-17T14:55:06.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-16T23:52:50.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"secalert@redhat.com","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":6.5,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P"},"cwe":["CWE-20"],"affected":["redhat/network satellite","theforeman/katello"],"epss":{"score":0.48221,"percentile":0.98867,"date":"2026-11-04","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":1,"verified":true,"firstPublished":"2014-03-26","source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[{"edbId":32515,"kind":"exploit","title":"Katello (RedHat Satellite) - users/update_roles Missing Authorisation (Metasploit)","url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/32515","sourceUrl":"https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/linux/remote/32515.rb","file":"exploits/linux/remote/32515.rb","published":"2014-03-26","added":"2014-03-26","updated":"2014-03-26","author":"Metasploit","type":"remote","platform":"linux","port":443,"verified":true,"codes":["CVE-2013-2143","OSVDB-104981"],"tags":"Metasploit Framework (MSF)","aliases":null,"applicationUrl":null,"screenshotUrl":null,"referenceUrl":null}]},"verdict":{"level":"urgent","text":"EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 48.2%, higher than 99% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/125866/Katello-Red-Hat-Satellite-users-update_roles-Missing-Authorization.html","tags":["Exploit"],"source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/32515","tags":["Exploit"],"source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://www.osvdb.org/104981","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/66434","tags":["Exploit"],"source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/125866/Katello-Red-Hat-Satellite-users-update_roles-Missing-Authorization.html","tags":["Exploit"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/32515","tags":["Exploit"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.osvdb.org/104981","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/66434","tags":["Exploit"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-2143","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}