# CVE-2017-15125: Cross-site scripting in cloudforms

> An attacker can execute stored XSS attacks against administrators via the snapshot name field in CloudForms, potentially leading to account takeover.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.5 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L`)
- **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:** 27 Jul 2018
- **Updated:** 5 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-8ghx-pqhq-656w

## What is CVE-2017-15125?

CVE-2017-15125 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Red Hat cloudforms, published on 27 Jul 2018. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

A flaw was found in CloudForms before 5.9.0.22 in the self-service UI snapshot feature where the name field is not properly sanitized for HTML and JavaScript input. An attacker could use this flaw to execute a stored XSS attack on an application administrator using CloudForms. Please note that CSP (Content Security Policy) prevents exploitation of this XSS however not all browsers support CSP.

Weakness: CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-15125?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Redhat Cloudforms Management Engine.

## How do I fix CVE-2017-15125?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

## Is CVE-2017-15125 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-15125 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Red Hat cloudforms

- [CVE-2013-2068](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-2068/): Path traversal in n/a (critical 9.4)
- [CVE-2014-8164](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-8164/): Security feature bypass in Red Hat CloudForms (critical 9.1)
- [CVE-2020-14324](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-14324/): Command injection in CloudForms (critical 9.1)
- [CVE-2014-0087](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-0087/): Missing authorization in n/a (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2016-7040](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-7040/): Command injection in n/a (high 8.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2017-15125 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2017-15125 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Red Hat cloudforms, published on 27 Jul 2018. 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-2017-15125 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Red Hat cloudforms. 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-2017-15125/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-15125/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-15125
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-15125
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-15125

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