# CVE-2020-10778: Business logic in CloudForms

> Attackers can modify read-only fields in Red Hat CloudForms by removing client-side disabled attributes due to missing server-side validation.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.0 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:L`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 11 Aug 2020
- **Updated:** 4 Aug 2024

## What is CVE-2020-10778?

CVE-2020-10778 is a medium-severity vulnerability in CloudForms, published on 11 Aug 2020. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

In Red Hat CloudForms 4.7 and 5, the read only widgets can be edited by inspecting the forms and dropping the disabled attribute from the fields since there is no server-side validation. This business logic flaw violate the expected behavior.

Weakness: CWE-669 (Incorrect Resource Transfer Between Spheres)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-10778?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Redhat Cloudforms.

## How do I fix CVE-2020-10778?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2020-10778 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-10778 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in 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-2020-10778 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2020-10778 is a medium-severity vulnerability in CloudForms, published on 11 Aug 2020. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-10778 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: 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-2020-10778/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-10778/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-10778
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-10778
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-10778

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-10778/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.