Cross-site scripting in Red Hat CloudForms
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Cross-site scripting
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · Low · Low
- Fix status
- Will not fix Red Hat: no fix planned
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-79.
Summary
A stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability was found in the PDF export component of CloudForms, versions 5.9 and 5.10, due to user input is not properly sanitized. An attacker with least privilege to edit compute is able to execute a XSS attack against other users, which could lead to malicious code execution and extraction of the anti-CSRF token of higher privileged users.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat | CloudForms | 5.9, 5.10 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- CloudForms VendorRed Hat Affected 5.9, 5.10 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| CloudForms Management Engine 5 | Affected | No fix planned: Will not fix |
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2019-10177
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-gcg5-r76p-h8xr
References
More Red Hat Cloudforms Management Engine vulnerabilities
- TI-2013-01839 Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in the AgentController in Red Hat CloudForms… CVSS 2.0HIGH 9.4
- TI-2013-01821 SQL injection vulnerability in the miq_policy controller in Red Hat CloudForms 2.0… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.5
- TI-2016-04680 Code injection in [UNKNOWN] cfme CVSS 3.0HIGH 8.8
- TI-2020-11195 OS command injection in CloudForms CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.1
- TI-2019-11098 Improper input validation in [UNKNOWN] CloudForms CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.0
- TI-2016-06078 Improper authorization in Red Hat CFME CVSS 3.0HIGH 8.8
Sources
- CVE-2019-10177 · CVE Program
- CVE-2019-10177 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-gcg5-r76p-h8xr · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2019-10177 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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