In Red Hat CloudForms 4.7 and 5, the read only widgets can be edited by inspecting the…
Priority LOW 28CWE-669Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- High
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · Low · Low
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat.
Summary
In Red Hat CloudForms 4.7 and 5, the read only widgets can be edited by inspecting the forms and dropping the disabled attribute from the fields since there is no server-side validation. This business logic flaw violate the expected behavior.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.00877 59th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Red Hat: 2 advisories
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | CloudForms | 4.7 and 5 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- CloudForms Vendor— Affected 4.7 and 5 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
Red Hat 2 advisories
- RHSA-2020:3574 Released 2020-08-27 · Red Hat rating CriticalCloudForms 4.7.16 security, bug fix and enhancement update
- CloudForms Management Engine 5.10 cfme-5.10.16.0-1.el7cf, cfme-appliance-5.10.16.0-1.el7cf, cfme-appliance-common-5.10.16.0-1.el7cf +2
- RHSA-2020:3358 Released 2020-08-06 · Red Hat rating CriticalCloudForms 5.0.7 bug fix and enhancement update
- CloudForms Management Engine 5.11 cfme-5.11.7.3-1.el8cf, cfme-gemset-5.11.7.3-1.el8cf
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Important. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| CloudForms Management Engine 5.10 | Fixed | RHSA-2020:3574 |
| CloudForms Management Engine 5.11 | Fixed | RHSA-2020:3358 |
Not affected: 2 products
- CloudForms Management Engine 5.10
- CloudForms Management Engine 5.11
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2020-10778
References
More Red Hat Cloudforms vulnerabilities
- TI-2019-03828 Path traversal in Rails https://github.com/rails/rails KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2017-08592 The XML-RPC server in supervisor before 3.0.1, 3.1.x before 3.1.4, 3.2.x before 3.2.4… CVSS 3.0HIGH 8.8
- TI-2019-08480 jQuery before 3.4.0, as used in Drupal, Backdrop CMS, and other products, mishandles… CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.1
- TI-2018-05593 transport.py in the SSH server implementation of Paramiko before 1.17.6, 1.18.x before… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2018-02756 Path traversal in HackerOne Sprockets CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.5
- TI-2018-00978 Improper input validation in postgresql CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
Sources
- CVE-2020-10778 · CVE Program
- CVE-2020-10778 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- CVE-2020-10778 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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