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

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

- **Severity:** Medium 6.8 (`AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P`)
- **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:** Yes
- **Published:** 23 Jan 2014
- **Updated:** 6 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-vvp8-xf2f-vgc6, RHSA-2014:0025

## 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 (Cross-Site Request Forgery)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2013-6443?

It affects 2 products.


| Package | Ecosystem | Affected | Fixed in |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `cfme` | Red Hat:cloudforms_managementengine:5::el6 | All versions | 0:5.2.1.8-1.el6cf |
| `cfme-appliance` | Red Hat:cloudforms_managementengine:5::el6 | All versions | 0:5.2.1.8-1.el6cf |
| `cfme-debuginfo` | Red Hat:cloudforms_managementengine:5::el6 | All versions | 0:5.2.1.8-1.el6cf |
| `cfme-lib` | Red Hat:cloudforms_managementengine:5::el6 | All versions | 0:5.2.1.8-1.el6cf |
| `mingw32-cfme-host` | Red Hat:cloudforms_managementengine:5::el6 | All versions | 0:5.2.1.8-1.el6cf |
| `ruby193-rubygem-activerecord` | Red Hat:cloudforms_managementengine:5::el6 | All versions | 1:3.2.13-4.el6cf |
| `ruby193-rubygem-linux_admin` | Red Hat:cloudforms_managementengine:5::el6 | All versions | 0:0.5.6-1.el6cf |

Products: 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.

## Other vulnerabilities in n/a

- [CVE-2020-14325](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-14325/): Auth bypass in CloudForms (critical 9.1)
- [CVE-2014-0197](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-0197/): Cross-site request forgery in CFME (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2016-5402](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-5402/): Code injection in cfme (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2016-7071](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-7071/): Missing authorization in CFME (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2017-7530](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-7530/): Missing authorization in cfme (high 8.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2013-6443 and fix it if it is affected.

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

Affected product: n/a. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-6443/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-6443/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-6443
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-6443
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2013-6443

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-6443/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.