# CVE-2020-25716: Privilege escalation in Cloudforms

> An attacker with a specific group can escalate privileges to perform administrator-only actions like exporting or importing files.

- **Severity:** High 8.1 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 7 Jun 2021
- **Updated:** 4 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** RHSA-2020:5554

## What is CVE-2020-25716?

CVE-2020-25716 is a high-severity vulnerability in Cloudforms, published on 7 Jun 2021. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A flaw was found in Cloudforms. A role-based privileges escalation flaw where export or import of administrator files is possible. An attacker with a specific group can perform actions restricted only to system administrator. This is the affect of an incomplete fix for CVE-2020-10783. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and integrity. Versions before cfme 5.11.10.1 are affected

Weakness: CWE-285 (Improper Authorization)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-25716?

It affects 1 product.


| Package | Ecosystem | Affected | Fixed in |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `cfme` | Red Hat:cloudforms_managementengine:5.11::el8 | All versions | 0:5.11.10.1-1.el8cf |
| `cfme-amazon-smartstate` | Red Hat:cloudforms_managementengine:5.11::el8 | All versions | 0:5.11.10.1-1.el8cf |
| `cfme-appliance` | Red Hat:cloudforms_managementengine:5.11::el8 | All versions | 0:5.11.10.1-1.el8cf |
| `cfme-appliance-common` | Red Hat:cloudforms_managementengine:5.11::el8 | All versions | 0:5.11.10.1-1.el8cf |
| `cfme-appliance-tools` | Red Hat:cloudforms_managementengine:5.11::el8 | All versions | 0:5.11.10.1-1.el8cf |
| `cfme-gemset` | Red Hat:cloudforms_managementengine:5.11::el8 | All versions | 0:5.11.10.1-1.el8cf |
| `v2v-conversion-host` | Red Hat:cloudforms_managementengine:5.11::el8 | All versions | 0:1.16.2-6.el8ev |
| `v2v-conversion-host-ansible` | Red Hat:cloudforms_managementengine:5.11::el8 | All versions | 0:1.16.2-6.el8ev |

Products: Redhat Cloudforms.

## How do I fix CVE-2020-25716?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

## Is CVE-2020-25716 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-25716 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-2020-25716 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2020-25716 is a high-severity vulnerability in Cloudforms, published on 7 Jun 2021. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-25716 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-2020-25716/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-25716/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-25716
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-25716
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-25716

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-25716/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.