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CVE-2016-3072

27
FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-3072 describes multiple SQL injection vulnerabilities in Katello's scoped_search function, specifically affecting the sort_by and sort_order parameters in app/controllers/katello/api/v2/api_controller.rb. This flaw impacts various Katello and Red Hat Satellite products. With a CVSS score of 8.8 (HIGH), it allows remote authenticated attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands with high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:katello:katello:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:satellite:6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

8.8HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.84%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
76.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0184 is in the 75th percentile among its peer group of 17,808 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (3)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Satellite 6.1Fixed in: ruby193-rubygem-katello-0:2.2.0.86-1.el7sat
View patch
rubygemspatch availablevia ghsa
Product: katelloFixed in: 2.4.3

Vendor Advisories (2)

rubygemsGHSA-527r-mfmj-prqfhigh

Katello SQL Injection vulnerabilities

May 14, 2022
redhatCVE-2016-3072Important

Katello: Authenticated sql injection via sort_by and sort_order request parameter

May 16, 2016

References

access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2016:1083
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
github.com / Katello/katello/pull/6051
Patch