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TI-2020-15730 Aliases CVE-2020-25716

Improper authorization in Cloudforms

Priority LOW 37CWE-285Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Security bypass
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · None
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-285.

Summary

A flaw was found in Cloudforms. A role-based privileges escalation flaw where export or import of administrator files is possible. An attacker with a specific group can perform actions restricted only to system administrator. This is the affect of an incomplete fix for CVE-2020-10783. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and integrity. Versions before cfme 5.11.10.1 are affected

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.00769 55th 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
—Cloudformsbefore cfme 5.11.10.1—No fix listedCNA
  • Cloudforms Vendor— Affected before cfme 5.11.10.1 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:cloudforms:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*before 5.11.10.1VulnerableRed Hat
  • cpe:2.3:a:redhat:cloudforms:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 5.11.10.1 Vulnerable ·Red Hat

Remediation

Red Hat 1 advisory

  • RHSA-2020:5554 Released 2020-12-15 · Red Hat rating Important
    CloudForms 5.0.10 security, bug fix and enhancement update
    • CloudForms Management Engine 5.11 cfme-5.11.10.1-1.el8cf, cfme-amazon-smartstate-5.11.10.1-1.el8cf, cfme-appliance-5.11.10.1-1.el8cf +5

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

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

ProductStatusPlan or fix
CloudForms Management Engine 5.11Fixed RHSA-2020:5554

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2020-25716

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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