# CVE-2019-10177: Cross-site scripting in CloudForms

> Stored XSS in CloudForms PDF export allows attackers to execute malicious code and steal anti-CSRF tokens from higher-privileged users.

- **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:** No
- **Published:** 27 Jun 2019
- **Updated:** 4 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-gcg5-r76p-h8xr

## 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 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-10177?

It affects 1 product.


Products: 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.

## Is CVE-2019-10177 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-10177 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-2019-10177 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: 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.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-10177 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-2019-10177/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-10177/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-10177
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-10177
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-10177

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