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 fi
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.
- Published
- Aug 11, 2020
- Updated
- Jun 16, 2026
- EPSS
- 0.9% · 58th percentile
- CWE
- CWE-669
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Action score
24
Monitor
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 24 / 40 · 6.0 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 0 / 30 · 0.9%
Noroxi analysis
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We use this product, ask for helpAffected systems
| Vendor | Product | CPE |
|---|---|---|
| redhat | cloudforms | cpe:2.3:a:redhat:cloudforms |
Affected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- redhat cloudforms4.7
- redhat cloudforms5.0.0
Versions reported by the vendor
Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (redhat). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.
n/a CloudForms
- 4.7 and 5affected
Package-level exposure
OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat:cloudforms_managementengine:5.10::el7 | cfme | before 0:5.10.16.0-1.el7cf | 0:5.10.16.0-1.el7cf |
| Red Hat:cloudforms_managementengine:5.10::el7 | cfme-appliance | before 0:5.10.16.0-1.el7cf | 0:5.10.16.0-1.el7cf |
| Red Hat:cloudforms_managementengine:5.10::el7 | cfme-appliance-common | before 0:5.10.16.0-1.el7cf | 0:5.10.16.0-1.el7cf |
| Red Hat:cloudforms_managementengine:5.10::el7 | cfme-appliance-debuginfo | before 0:5.10.16.0-1.el7cf | 0:5.10.16.0-1.el7cf |
| Red Hat:cloudforms_managementengine:5.10::el7 | cfme-appliance-tools | before 0:5.10.16.0-1.el7cf | 0:5.10.16.0-1.el7cf |
| Red Hat:cloudforms_managementengine:5.10::el7 | cfme-debuginfo | before 0:5.10.16.0-1.el7cf | 0:5.10.16.0-1.el7cf |
| Red Hat:cloudforms_managementengine:5.10::el7 | cfme-gemset | before 0:5.10.16.0-1.el7cf | 0:5.10.16.0-1.el7cf |
| Red Hat:cloudforms_managementengine:5.10::el7 | cfme-gemset-debuginfo | before 0:5.10.16.0-1.el7cf | 0:5.10.16.0-1.el7cf |
| Red Hat:cloudforms_managementengine:5.11::el8 | cfme | before 0:5.11.7.3-1.el8cf | 0:5.11.7.3-1.el8cf |
| Red Hat:cloudforms_managementengine:5.11::el8 | cfme-gemset | before 0:5.11.7.3-1.el8cf | 0:5.11.7.3-1.el8cf |
Same product
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- CVE-2018-3760There is an information leak vulnerability in Sprockets.38Monitor
- CVE-2016-5402A code injection flaw was found in the way capacity and utilization imported control files are processed.37Monitor
- CVE-2020-14325Red Hat CloudForms before 5.11.7.0 was vulnerable to the User Impersonation authorization flaw which allows malicious attacker to create exi36Monitor
- CVE-2017-7530In CloudForms Management Engine (cfme) before 5.7.3 and 5.8.x before 5.8.1, it was found that privilege check is missing when invoking arbit36Monitor
- CVE-2016-4471ManageIQ in CloudForms before 4.1 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code.36Monitor
- CVE-2016-5383The web UI in Red Hat CloudForms 4.1 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code via vectors involving "Lack of field filter36Monitor
Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.
| Product / package | Fixed version | Source |
|---|---|---|
| red hat:cfme | 0:5.11.7.3-1.el8cf · Red Hat:cloudforms_managementengine:5.11::el8 | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:cfme-appliance | 0:5.10.16.0-1.el7cf · Red Hat:cloudforms_managementengine:5.10::el7 | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:cfme-appliance-common | 0:5.10.16.0-1.el7cf · Red Hat:cloudforms_managementengine:5.10::el7 | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:cfme-appliance-debuginfo | 0:5.10.16.0-1.el7cf · Red Hat:cloudforms_managementengine:5.10::el7 | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:cfme-appliance-tools | 0:5.10.16.0-1.el7cf · Red Hat:cloudforms_managementengine:5.10::el7 | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:cfme-debuginfo | 0:5.10.16.0-1.el7cf · Red Hat:cloudforms_managementengine:5.10::el7 | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:cfme-gemset | 0:5.11.7.3-1.el8cf · Red Hat:cloudforms_managementengine:5.11::el8 | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:cfme-gemset-debuginfo | 0:5.10.16.0-1.el7cf · Red Hat:cloudforms_managementengine:5.10::el7 | Package registry (OSV) |
Exploit status
No known public exploit
No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.
Research context
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Timeline
From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.
No dated events beyond publication.
FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).
Patch and commit links
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No commit or PR link among the references.
Credits
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No credits in the CNA record.
Variant candidates
Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.
No nightly-computed relations.
Chain candidates
An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.
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Bug bounty scope
No known public program.
Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).
Technical details
Attack conditions
- Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
- Administrator privileges are required.
- No user action is required.
- No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
If successful
- Confidentiality
- high · data can be read
- Integrity
- low · data or configuration can be modified
- Availability
- low · the service can be disrupted
- Attack vector
- Network
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Privileges required
- High
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality impact
- High
- Integrity impact
- Low
- Availability impact
- Low
Weakness class (CWE)
CWE-669 · Incorrect Resource Transfer Between SpheresCVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:L
nvd-primary
Attack context
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MITRE has no CAPEC/ATT&CK mapping for this CWE.
Change log
- Fix✗ → ✓
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References
Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.