# CVE-2017-2653: Cross-site request forgery in CloudForms

> Attackers can bypass CSRF protection on unused delete routes via GET requests, potentially enabling destructive actions if combined with XSS.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.1 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N`)
- **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-xfgx-c33h-jf9f, RHSA-2017:0898

## What is CVE-2017-2653?

CVE-2017-2653 is a medium-severity 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 number of unused delete routes are present in CloudForms before 5.7.2.1 which can be accessed via GET requests instead of just POST requests. This could allow an attacker to bypass the protect_from_forgery XSRF protection causing the routes to be used. This attack would require additional cross-site scripting or similar attacks in order to execute.

Weakness: CWE-20 (Improper Input Validation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-2653?

It affects 2 products.


| Package | Ecosystem | Affected | Fixed in |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `cfme` | Red Hat:cloudforms_managementengine:5.7::el7 | All versions | 0:5.7.2.1-1.el7cf |
| `cfme-appliance` | Red Hat:cloudforms_managementengine:5.7::el7 | All versions | 0:5.7.2.1-1.el7cf |
| `cfme-appliance-debuginfo` | Red Hat:cloudforms_managementengine:5.7::el7 | All versions | 0:5.7.2.1-1.el7cf |
| `cfme-debuginfo` | Red Hat:cloudforms_managementengine:5.7::el7 | All versions | 0:5.7.2.1-1.el7cf |
| `cfme-gemset` | Red Hat:cloudforms_managementengine:5.7::el7 | All versions | 0:5.7.2.1-1.el7cf |

Products: Redhat Cloudforms, Redhat Cloudforms Management Engine.

## How do I fix CVE-2017-2653?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

## Is CVE-2017-2653 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-2653 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Red Hat CloudForms

- [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-2017-2653 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2017-2653 is a medium-severity 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-2017-2653 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-2017-2653/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-2653/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-2653
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-2653
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-2653

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-2653/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.