# CVE-2020-10780: Other in CloudForms

> Attackers can inject malicious formulas into CSV exports, leading to code execution when victims open the file in Excel.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/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:** 11 Aug 2020
- **Updated:** 4 Aug 2024

## What is CVE-2020-10780?

CVE-2020-10780 is a medium-severity vulnerability in CloudForms, published on 11 Aug 2020. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

Red Hat CloudForms 4.7 and 5 is affected by CSV Injection flaw, a crafted payload stays dormant till a victim export as CSV and opens the file with Excel. Once the victim opens the file, the formula executes, triggering any number of possible events. While this is strictly not an flaw that affects the application directly, attackers could use the loosely validated parameters to trigger several attack possibilities.

Weakness: CWE-1236 (Improper Neutralization of Formula Elements in a CSV File)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-10780?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Redhat Cloudforms Management Engine.

## How do I fix CVE-2020-10780?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2020-10780 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-10780 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in 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-2020-10780 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2020-10780 is a medium-severity vulnerability in CloudForms, published on 11 Aug 2020. 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-2020-10780 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-2020-10780/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-10780/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-10780
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-10780
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-10780

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-10780/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.