CVE-2019-10177 Cross-site scripting in CloudForms

Medium 6.5 Published 27 Jun 2019 Updated 4 Aug 2024

Stored XSS in CloudForms PDF export allows attackers to execute malicious code and steal anti-CSRF tokens from higher-privileged 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: None listed

What is CVE-2019-10177?

CVE-2019-10177 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Red Hat CloudForms, published on 27 Jun 2019. 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 stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability was found in the PDF export component of CloudForms, versions 5.9 and 5.10, due to user input is not properly sanitized. An attacker with least privilege to edit compute is able to execute a XSS attack against other users, which could lead to malicious code execution and extraction of the anti-CSRF token of higher privileged users.

Weakness: CWE-79

Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-10177?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Redhat Cloudforms Management Engine.

How do I fix CVE-2019-10177?

No fix has been published for CVE-2019-10177 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Escape output for the context it lands in and set a strict Content Security Policy. Upgrading the affected component is the real fix. More about Cross-site scripting.

Is CVE-2019-10177 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-10177 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-gcg5-r76p-h8xr.