CVE-2013-6443 Cross-site request forgery in n/a

Medium 6.8 Published Updated

Remote attackers can bypass CSRF protection in CloudForms Management Engine to perform destructive actions on behalf of authenticated users.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Any signed-in user
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
A user has to click or open something
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2013-6443?

CVE-2013-6443 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 23 Jan 2014. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

CloudForms 3.0 Management Engine before 5.2.1.6 allows remote attackers to bypass the Ruby on Rails protect_from_forgery mechanism and conduct cross-site request forgery (CSRF) attacks via a destructive action in a request.

Weakness: CWE-352

Which versions are affected by CVE-2013-6443?

It affects 2 products.

Linux distribution packages (7)
cfme Red Hat:cloudforms_managementengine:5::el6All versions0:5.2.1.8-1.el6cf
cfme-appliance Red Hat:cloudforms_managementengine:5::el6All versions0:5.2.1.8-1.el6cf
cfme-debuginfo Red Hat:cloudforms_managementengine:5::el6All versions0:5.2.1.8-1.el6cf
cfme-lib Red Hat:cloudforms_managementengine:5::el6All versions0:5.2.1.8-1.el6cf
mingw32-cfme-host Red Hat:cloudforms_managementengine:5::el6All versions0:5.2.1.8-1.el6cf
ruby193-rubygem-activerecord Red Hat:cloudforms_managementengine:5::el6All versions1:3.2.13-4.el6cf
ruby193-rubygem-linux_admin Red Hat:cloudforms_managementengine:5::el6All versions0:0.5.6-1.el6cf

Products include Redhat Cloudforms, Redhat Cloudforms 3.0 Management Engine.

How do I fix CVE-2013-6443?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2013-6443 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-6443 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-vvp8-xf2f-vgc6, RHSA-2014:0025.

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