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TI-2020-11237 Aliases CVE-2020-14369

Cross-site request forgery in CloudForms

Priority LOW 28CWE-352Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
Required
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Tampering
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Low · Low · Low
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-352.

Summary

This release fixes a Cross Site Request Forgery vulnerability was found in Red Hat CloudForms which forces end users to execute unwanted actions on a web application in which the user is currently authenticated. An attacker can make a forgery HTTP request to the server by crafting custom flash file which can force the user to perform state changing requests like provisioning VMs, running ansible playbooks and so forth.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.00339 27th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Red Hat: 1 advisory

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
—CloudFormscfme-gemset 5.11.8.1-1—No fix listedCNA
  • CloudForms Vendor— Affected cfme-gemset 5.11.8.1-1 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:cloudforms:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*up to 5.11VulnerableRed Hat
  • cpe:2.3:a:redhat:cloudforms:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 5.11 Vulnerable ·Red Hat

Remediation

Red Hat 1 advisory

  • RHSA-2020:4134 Released 2020-09-30 · Red Hat rating Moderate
    CloudForms 5.0.8 security, bug fix and enhancement update
    • CloudForms Management Engine 5.11 cfme-gemset-5.11.8.1-1.el8cf

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
CloudForms Management Engine 5.11Fixed RHSA-2020:4134
Not affected: 1 product
  • CloudForms Management Engine 5.11

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2020-14369

References

Advisory 1

  • 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
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Sources

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