SQL injection vulnerability in the miq_policy controller in Red Hat CloudForms 2.0 Management Engine (CFME) 5.1 and ManageIQ Enterprise Virt
SQL injection vulnerability in the miq_policy controller in Red Hat CloudForms 2.0 Management Engine (CFME) 5.1 and ManageIQ Enterprise Virtualization Manager 5.0 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the profile[] parameter in an explorer action.
- Published
- Jan 10, 2014
- Updated
- Jun 16, 2026
- EPSS
- 15.7% · 97th percentile
- CWE
- CWE-89
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Report tools
Action score
35
Monitor
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 30 / 40 · 7.5 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 5 / 30 · 15.7%
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We use this product, ask for helpAffected systems
| Vendor | Product | CPE |
|---|---|---|
| redhat | cloudforms management engine | cpe:2.3:a:redhat:cloudforms_management_engine |
| redhat | manageiq enterprise virtualization manager | cpe:2.3:a:redhat:manageiq_enterprise_virtualization_manager |
Affected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- redhat cloudforms management engine5.1
- redhat manageiq enterprise virtualization managerup to 5.0 inclusive
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::el6 | cfme | before 0:5.2.0.37-1.el6cf | 0:5.2.0.37-1.el6cf |
| Red Hat:cloudforms_managementengine:5::el6 | cfme-appliance | before 0:5.2.0.37-1.el6cf | 0:5.2.0.37-1.el6cf |
| Red Hat:cloudforms_managementengine:5::el6 | cfme-debuginfo | before 0:5.2.0.37-1.el6cf | 0:5.2.0.37-1.el6cf |
| Red Hat:cloudforms_managementengine:5::el6 | cfme-lib | before 0:5.2.0.37-1.el6cf | 0:5.2.0.37-1.el6cf |
| Red Hat:cloudforms_managementengine:5::el6 | cfme-vnc-plugin | before 0:1.0.0-2.el6cf | 0:1.0.0-2.el6cf |
| Red Hat:cloudforms_managementengine:5::el6 | cfme-vnc-plugin-debuginfo | before 0:1.0.0-2.el6cf | 0:1.0.0-2.el6cf |
| Red Hat:cloudforms_managementengine:5::el6 | libdnet | before 0:1.12-11.el6cf | 0:1.12-11.el6cf |
| Red Hat:cloudforms_managementengine:5::el6 | libdnet-debuginfo | before 0:1.12-11.el6cf | 0:1.12-11.el6cf |
| Red Hat:cloudforms_managementengine:5::el6 | libdnet-devel | before 0:1.12-11.el6cf | 0:1.12-11.el6cf |
| Red Hat:cloudforms_managementengine:5::el6 | libdnet-progs | before 0:1.12-11.el6cf | 0:1.12-11.el6cf |
| Red Hat:cloudforms_managementengine:5::el6 | lshw | before 0:B.02.16-4.el6cf | 0:B.02.16-4.el6cf |
| Red Hat:cloudforms_managementengine:5::el6 | lshw-debuginfo | before 0:B.02.16-4.el6cf | 0:B.02.16-4.el6cf |
| Red Hat:cloudforms_managementengine:5::el6 | lshw-gui | before 0:B.02.16-4.el6cf | 0:B.02.16-4.el6cf |
| Red Hat:cloudforms_managementengine:5::el6 | mingw32-cfme-host | before 0:5.2.0.37-1.el6cf | 0:5.2.0.37-1.el6cf |
| Red Hat:cloudforms_managementengine:5::el6 | netapp-manageability-sdk | before 0:4.0P1-3.el6cf | 0:4.0P1-3.el6cf |
| Red Hat:cloudforms_managementengine:5::el6 | netapp-manageability-sdk-devel | before 0:4.0P1-3.el6cf | 0:4.0P1-3.el6cf |
| Red Hat:cloudforms_managementengine:5::el6 | open-vm-tools | before 0:9.2.3-5.el6cf | 0:9.2.3-5.el6cf |
| Red Hat:cloudforms_managementengine:5::el6 | open-vm-tools-debuginfo | before 0:9.2.3-5.el6cf | 0:9.2.3-5.el6cf |
| Red Hat:cloudforms_managementengine:5::el6 | open-vm-tools-desktop | before 0:9.2.3-5.el6cf | 0:9.2.3-5.el6cf |
| Red Hat:cloudforms_managementengine:5::el6 | open-vm-tools-devel | before 0:9.2.3-5.el6cf | 0:9.2.3-5.el6cf |
| Red Hat:cloudforms_managementengine:5::el6 | postgresql92 | before 0:1-12.el6 | 0:1-12.el6 |
| Red Hat:cloudforms_managementengine:5::el6 | postgresql92-build | before 0:1-12.el6 | 0:1-12.el6 |
| Red Hat:cloudforms_managementengine:5::el6 | postgresql92-postgresql | before 0:9.2.4-7.el6 | 0:9.2.4-7.el6 |
| Red Hat:cloudforms_managementengine:5::el6 | postgresql92-postgresql-contrib | before 0:9.2.4-7.el6 | 0:9.2.4-7.el6 |
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Same product
redhat: all recordsOther highest-scoring records for the same primary product.
- CVE-2013-2068Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in the AgentController in Red Hat CloudForms Management Engine 2.0 allow remote attackers to cr55Plan
- CVE-2020-14324A high severity vulnerability was found in all active versions of Red Hat CloudForms before 5.11.7.0.37Monitor
- CVE-2014-8164A insecure configuration for certificate verification (http.verify_mode = OpenSSL::SSL::VERIFY_NONE) may lead to verification bypass in Red 36Monitor
- CVE-2016-7071It was found that the CloudForms before 5.6.2.2, and 5.7.0.7 did not properly apply permissions controls to VM IDs passed by users.36Monitor
- CVE-2014-0087The check_privileges method in vmdb/app/controllers/application_controller.rb in ManageIQ, as used in Red Hat CloudForms Management Engine (36Monitor
- CVE-2016-7040Red Hat CloudForms Management Engine 4.1 does not properly handle regular expressions passed to the expression engine via the JSON API and t36Monitor
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 | 0:5.2.0.37-1.el6cf · Red Hat:cloudforms_managementengine:5::el6 | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:cfme-appliance | 0:5.2.0.37-1.el6cf · Red Hat:cloudforms_managementengine:5::el6 | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:cfme-debuginfo | 0:5.2.0.37-1.el6cf · Red Hat:cloudforms_managementengine:5::el6 | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:cfme-lib | 0:5.2.0.37-1.el6cf · Red Hat:cloudforms_managementengine:5::el6 | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:cfme-vnc-plugin | 0:1.0.0-2.el6cf · Red Hat:cloudforms_managementengine:5::el6 | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:cfme-vnc-plugin-debuginfo | 0:1.0.0-2.el6cf · Red Hat:cloudforms_managementengine:5::el6 | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:libdnet | 0:1.12-11.el6cf · Red Hat:cloudforms_managementengine:5::el6 | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:libdnet-debuginfo | 0:1.12-11.el6cf · Red Hat:cloudforms_managementengine:5::el6 | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:libdnet-devel | 0:1.12-11.el6cf · Red Hat:cloudforms_managementengine:5::el6 | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:libdnet-progs | 0:1.12-11.el6cf · Red Hat:cloudforms_managementengine:5::el6 | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:lshw | 0:B.02.16-4.el6cf · Red Hat:cloudforms_managementengine:5::el6 | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:lshw-debuginfo | 0:B.02.16-4.el6cf · Red Hat:cloudforms_managementengine:5::el6 | Package registry (OSV) |
Exploit status
Weaponized
A ready exploit tool or active in-the-wild use is known for this vulnerability. This should be your top priority.
Evidence
- Metasploit module ×1
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| Source | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Metasploit module | auxiliary/admin/http/cfme_manageiq_evm_pass_resetRed Hat CloudForms Management Engine 5.1 miq_policy/explorer SQL Injectionauxiliary | 2013-11-12 |
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.
- Metasploit-60 d
- Published
- TodaySep 30, 2026+4646 d
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
- No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
If successful
- Confidentiality
- P · data can be read
- Integrity
- P · data or configuration can be modified
- Availability
- P · the service can be disrupted
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Confidentiality impact
- P
- Integrity impact
- P
- Availability impact
- P
Weakness class (CWE)
CWE-89 · Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection')CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
nvd-primary
Root cause
The query text is built by concatenating user input. The database cannot tell where the data ends and the command begins.
The bug in code
The whole CWE-89 classA representative example of this vulnerability class. Not the vendor's source code; it shows the faulty pattern and its fix.
Vulnerable
const owner = req.query.owner;const rows = await db.query( "SELECT * FROM files WHERE owner = '" + owner + "'");Fixed
const owner = req.query.owner;const rows = await db.query( "SELECT * FROM files WHERE owner = $1", [owner]);Attack context
MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.
Attack patterns (CAPEC)
- Command Line Execution through SQL InjectionCAPEC-108likelihood: Low · Very High
- Object Relational Mapping InjectionCAPEC-109likelihood: Low · High
- SQL Injection through SOAP Parameter TamperingCAPEC-110likelihood: High · Very High
- Expanding Control over the Operating System from the DatabaseCAPEC-470Very High
- SQL InjectionCAPEC-66likelihood: High · High
- Blind SQL InjectionCAPEC-7likelihood: High · High
ATT&CK techniques
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Change log
- Fix✗ → ✓
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References
- secunia.com/advisories/56181
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=959062
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/89984
Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.