# CVE-2020-14369: Cross-site request forgery in CloudForms

> Attackers can force authenticated users to perform state-changing actions like provisioning VMs via crafted requests in Red Hat CloudForms.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 2 Dec 2020
- **Updated:** 4 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** RHSA-2020:4134

## What is CVE-2020-14369?

CVE-2020-14369 is a medium-severity vulnerability in CloudForms, published on 2 Dec 2020. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

This release fixes a Cross Site Request Forgery vulnerability was found in Red Hat CloudForms which forces end users to execute unwanted actions on a web application in which the user is currently authenticated. An attacker can make a forgery HTTP request to the server by crafting custom flash file which can force the user to perform state changing requests like provisioning VMs, running ansible playbooks and so forth.

Weakness: CWE-352 (Cross-Site Request Forgery)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-14369?

It affects 1 product.


| Package | Ecosystem | Affected | Fixed in |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `cfme-gemset` | Red Hat:cloudforms_managementengine:5.11::el8 | All versions | 0:5.11.8.1-1.el8cf |

Products: Redhat Cloudforms.

## How do I fix CVE-2020-14369?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2020-14369 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-14369 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-2020-14369 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2020-14369 is a medium-severity vulnerability in CloudForms, published on 2 Dec 2020. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-14369 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-2020-14369/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-14369/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-14369
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-14369
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-14369

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-14369/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.