CVE-2017-15125 — cloudforms: XSS in self-service UI snapshot feature

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MEDIUM

cloudforms: XSS in self-service UI snapshot feature

Published Jul 27, 2018

6.5

MEDIUM

CVSS 3.0

EPSS 0.93%

Description

A flaw was found in CloudForms before 5.9.0.22 in the self-service UI snapshot feature where the name field is not properly sanitized for HTML and JavaScript input. An attacker could use this flaw to execute a stored XSS attack on an application administrator using CloudForms. Please note that CSP (Content Security Policy) prevents exploitation of this XSS however not all browsers support CSP.

Affected products

Vendor Red Hat Product Cloudforms Default
n/a
- Version
  5.9.0.22
  Status
  affected
  Constraints
  -

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor

Product

Default status

Versions

Red Hat

Cloudforms

n/a

Version	Status	Constraints
5.9.0.22	affected	-

CloudForms Management Engine 5.9

ansible-0:2.4.3.0-1.el7ae

Fixed · RHSA-2018:0380
CloudForms Management Engine 5.9

ansible-tower-0:3.1.5-3.el7at

Fixed · RHSA-2018:0380
CloudForms Management Engine 5.9

bubblewrap-0:0.1.7-1.el7

Fixed · RHSA-2018:0380
CloudForms Management Engine 5.9

cfme-0:5.9.0.22-1.el7cf

Fixed · RHSA-2018:0380
CloudForms Management Engine 5.9

cfme-amazon-smartstate-0:5.9.0.22-1.el7cf

Fixed · RHSA-2018:0380
CloudForms Management Engine 5.9

cfme-appliance-0:5.9.0.22-1.el7cf

Fixed · RHSA-2018:0380
CloudForms Management Engine 5.9

cfme-gemset-0:5.9.0.22-1.el7cf

Fixed · RHSA-2018:0380
CloudForms Management Engine 5.9

dbus-api-service-0:1.0.1-2.el7cf

Fixed · RHSA-2018:0380
CloudForms Management Engine 5.9

dumb-init-0:1.2.0-1.el7

Fixed · RHSA-2018:0380
CloudForms Management Engine 5.9

erlang-0:19.0.4-1.el7at

Fixed · RHSA-2018:0380
CloudForms Management Engine 5.9

freeipmi-0:1.5.1-2.el7cf

Fixed · RHSA-2018:0380
CloudForms Management Engine 5.9

google-compute-engine-0:2.0.0-1.el7cf

Fixed · RHSA-2018:0380
CloudForms Management Engine 5.9

google-config-0:2.0.0-1.el7cf

Fixed · RHSA-2018:0380
CloudForms Management Engine 5.9

httpd-configmap-generator-0:0.2.1-1.el7cf

Fixed · RHSA-2018:0380
CloudForms Management Engine 5.9

nginx-1:1.10.2-1.el7at

Fixed · RHSA-2018:0380
CloudForms Management Engine 5.9

postgresql94-0:9.4.15-3PGDG.el7at

Fixed · RHSA-2018:0380
CloudForms Management Engine 5.9

prince-0:9.0r2-10.el7cf

Fixed · RHSA-2018:0380
CloudForms Management Engine 5.9

python-crypto-0:2.6.1-16.el7at

Fixed · RHSA-2018:0380
CloudForms Management Engine 5.9

python-jmespath-0:0.9.0-4.el7ae

Fixed · RHSA-2018:0380
CloudForms Management Engine 5.9

python-meld3-0:0.6.10-1.el7

Fixed · RHSA-2018:0380
CloudForms Management Engine 5.9

python-paramiko-0:2.1.1-2.el7ae

Fixed · RHSA-2018:0380
CloudForms Management Engine 5.9

qpid-proton-0:0.19.0-1.el7cf

Fixed · RHSA-2018:0380
CloudForms Management Engine 5.9

rabbitmq-server-0:3.6.9-1.el7at

Fixed · RHSA-2018:0380
CloudForms Management Engine 5.9

rh-postgresql95-postgresql-pglogical-0:2.1.0-2.el7cf

Fixed · RHSA-2018:0380
CloudForms Management Engine 5.9

rh-postgresql95-repmgr-0:3.1.3-2.el7cf

Fixed · RHSA-2018:0380
CloudForms Management Engine 5.9

rh-ruby23-rubygem-bcrypt-0:3.1.11-1.el7cf

Fixed · RHSA-2018:0380
CloudForms Management Engine 5.9

rh-ruby23-rubygem-ffi-0:1.9.18-1.el7cf

Fixed · RHSA-2018:0380
CloudForms Management Engine 5.9

rh-ruby23-rubygem-hamlit-0:2.7.5-1.el7cf

Fixed · RHSA-2018:0380
CloudForms Management Engine 5.9

rh-ruby23-rubygem-http_parser.rb-0:0.6.0-1.el7cf

Fixed · RHSA-2018:0380
CloudForms Management Engine 5.9

rh-ruby23-rubygem-json-0:2.0.4-1.el7cf

Fixed · RHSA-2018:0380
CloudForms Management Engine 5.9

rh-ruby23-rubygem-linux_block_device-0:0.2.1-1.el7cf

Fixed · RHSA-2018:0380
CloudForms Management Engine 5.9

rh-ruby23-rubygem-memory_buffer-0:0.1.0-2.el7cf

Fixed · RHSA-2018:0380
CloudForms Management Engine 5.9

rh-ruby23-rubygem-nio4r-0:2.1.0-1.el7cf

Fixed · RHSA-2018:0380
CloudForms Management Engine 5.9

rh-ruby23-rubygem-nokogiri-0:1.8.1-2.el7cf

Fixed · RHSA-2018:0380
CloudForms Management Engine 5.9

rh-ruby23-rubygem-ovirt-engine-sdk4-0:4.2.1-1.el7cf

Fixed · RHSA-2018:0380
CloudForms Management Engine 5.9

rh-ruby23-rubygem-pg-0:0.18.4-1.el7cf

Fixed · RHSA-2018:0380
CloudForms Management Engine 5.9

rh-ruby23-rubygem-puma-0:3.7.1-1.el7cf

Fixed · RHSA-2018:0380
CloudForms Management Engine 5.9

rh-ruby23-rubygem-qpid_proton-0:0.19.0-1.el7cf

Fixed · RHSA-2018:0380
CloudForms Management Engine 5.9

rh-ruby23-rubygem-redhat_access_cfme-0:2.0.2-2.el7cf

Fixed · RHSA-2018:0380
CloudForms Management Engine 5.9

rh-ruby23-rubygem-redhat_access_lib-0:1.1.4-1.el7cf

Fixed · RHSA-2018:0380
CloudForms Management Engine 5.9

rh-ruby23-rubygem-rugged-0:0.25.1.1-1.el7cf

Fixed · RHSA-2018:0380
CloudForms Management Engine 5.9

rh-ruby23-rubygem-sqlite3-0:1.3.13-1.el7cf

Fixed · RHSA-2018:0380
CloudForms Management Engine 5.9

rh-ruby23-rubygem-unf_ext-0:0.0.7.4-1.el7cf

Fixed · RHSA-2018:0380
CloudForms Management Engine 5.9

rh-ruby23-rubygem-websocket-driver-0:0.6.5-1.el7cf

Fixed · RHSA-2018:0380
CloudForms Management Engine 5.9

smem-0:1.4-1.el7cf

Fixed · RHSA-2018:0380
CloudForms Management Engine 5.9

supervisor-0:3.1.4-1.el7

Fixed · RHSA-2018:0380
CloudForms Management Engine 5.9

wmi-0:1.3.14-7.el7cf

Fixed · RHSA-2018:0380

Product	Package	State	Advisory
CloudForms Management Engine 5.9	ansible-0:2.4.3.0-1.el7ae	Fixed	RHSA-2018:0380
CloudForms Management Engine 5.9	ansible-tower-0:3.1.5-3.el7at	Fixed	RHSA-2018:0380
CloudForms Management Engine 5.9	bubblewrap-0:0.1.7-1.el7	Fixed	RHSA-2018:0380
CloudForms Management Engine 5.9	cfme-0:5.9.0.22-1.el7cf	Fixed	RHSA-2018:0380
CloudForms Management Engine 5.9	cfme-amazon-smartstate-0:5.9.0.22-1.el7cf	Fixed	RHSA-2018:0380
CloudForms Management Engine 5.9	cfme-appliance-0:5.9.0.22-1.el7cf	Fixed	RHSA-2018:0380
CloudForms Management Engine 5.9	cfme-gemset-0:5.9.0.22-1.el7cf	Fixed	RHSA-2018:0380
CloudForms Management Engine 5.9	dbus-api-service-0:1.0.1-2.el7cf	Fixed	RHSA-2018:0380
CloudForms Management Engine 5.9	dumb-init-0:1.2.0-1.el7	Fixed	RHSA-2018:0380
CloudForms Management Engine 5.9	erlang-0:19.0.4-1.el7at	Fixed	RHSA-2018:0380
CloudForms Management Engine 5.9	freeipmi-0:1.5.1-2.el7cf	Fixed	RHSA-2018:0380
CloudForms Management Engine 5.9	google-compute-engine-0:2.0.0-1.el7cf	Fixed	RHSA-2018:0380
CloudForms Management Engine 5.9	google-config-0:2.0.0-1.el7cf	Fixed	RHSA-2018:0380
CloudForms Management Engine 5.9	httpd-configmap-generator-0:0.2.1-1.el7cf	Fixed	RHSA-2018:0380
CloudForms Management Engine 5.9	nginx-1:1.10.2-1.el7at	Fixed	RHSA-2018:0380
CloudForms Management Engine 5.9	postgresql94-0:9.4.15-3PGDG.el7at	Fixed	RHSA-2018:0380
CloudForms Management Engine 5.9	prince-0:9.0r2-10.el7cf	Fixed	RHSA-2018:0380
CloudForms Management Engine 5.9	python-crypto-0:2.6.1-16.el7at	Fixed	RHSA-2018:0380
CloudForms Management Engine 5.9	python-jmespath-0:0.9.0-4.el7ae	Fixed	RHSA-2018:0380
CloudForms Management Engine 5.9	python-meld3-0:0.6.10-1.el7	Fixed	RHSA-2018:0380
CloudForms Management Engine 5.9	python-paramiko-0:2.1.1-2.el7ae	Fixed	RHSA-2018:0380
CloudForms Management Engine 5.9	qpid-proton-0:0.19.0-1.el7cf	Fixed	RHSA-2018:0380
CloudForms Management Engine 5.9	rabbitmq-server-0:3.6.9-1.el7at	Fixed	RHSA-2018:0380
CloudForms Management Engine 5.9	rh-postgresql95-postgresql-pglogical-0:2.1.0-2.el7cf	Fixed	RHSA-2018:0380
CloudForms Management Engine 5.9	rh-postgresql95-repmgr-0:3.1.3-2.el7cf	Fixed	RHSA-2018:0380
CloudForms Management Engine 5.9	rh-ruby23-rubygem-bcrypt-0:3.1.11-1.el7cf	Fixed	RHSA-2018:0380
CloudForms Management Engine 5.9	rh-ruby23-rubygem-ffi-0:1.9.18-1.el7cf	Fixed	RHSA-2018:0380
CloudForms Management Engine 5.9	rh-ruby23-rubygem-hamlit-0:2.7.5-1.el7cf	Fixed	RHSA-2018:0380
CloudForms Management Engine 5.9	rh-ruby23-rubygem-http_parser.rb-0:0.6.0-1.el7cf	Fixed	RHSA-2018:0380
CloudForms Management Engine 5.9	rh-ruby23-rubygem-json-0:2.0.4-1.el7cf	Fixed	RHSA-2018:0380
CloudForms Management Engine 5.9	rh-ruby23-rubygem-linux_block_device-0:0.2.1-1.el7cf	Fixed	RHSA-2018:0380
CloudForms Management Engine 5.9	rh-ruby23-rubygem-memory_buffer-0:0.1.0-2.el7cf	Fixed	RHSA-2018:0380
CloudForms Management Engine 5.9	rh-ruby23-rubygem-nio4r-0:2.1.0-1.el7cf	Fixed	RHSA-2018:0380
CloudForms Management Engine 5.9	rh-ruby23-rubygem-nokogiri-0:1.8.1-2.el7cf	Fixed	RHSA-2018:0380
CloudForms Management Engine 5.9	rh-ruby23-rubygem-ovirt-engine-sdk4-0:4.2.1-1.el7cf	Fixed	RHSA-2018:0380
CloudForms Management Engine 5.9	rh-ruby23-rubygem-pg-0:0.18.4-1.el7cf	Fixed	RHSA-2018:0380
CloudForms Management Engine 5.9	rh-ruby23-rubygem-puma-0:3.7.1-1.el7cf	Fixed	RHSA-2018:0380
CloudForms Management Engine 5.9	rh-ruby23-rubygem-qpid_proton-0:0.19.0-1.el7cf	Fixed	RHSA-2018:0380
CloudForms Management Engine 5.9	rh-ruby23-rubygem-redhat_access_cfme-0:2.0.2-2.el7cf	Fixed	RHSA-2018:0380
CloudForms Management Engine 5.9	rh-ruby23-rubygem-redhat_access_lib-0:1.1.4-1.el7cf	Fixed	RHSA-2018:0380
CloudForms Management Engine 5.9	rh-ruby23-rubygem-rugged-0:0.25.1.1-1.el7cf	Fixed	RHSA-2018:0380
CloudForms Management Engine 5.9	rh-ruby23-rubygem-sqlite3-0:1.3.13-1.el7cf	Fixed	RHSA-2018:0380
CloudForms Management Engine 5.9	rh-ruby23-rubygem-unf_ext-0:0.0.7.4-1.el7cf	Fixed	RHSA-2018:0380
CloudForms Management Engine 5.9	rh-ruby23-rubygem-websocket-driver-0:0.6.5-1.el7cf	Fixed	RHSA-2018:0380
CloudForms Management Engine 5.9	smem-0:1.4-1.el7cf	Fixed	RHSA-2018:0380
CloudForms Management Engine 5.9	supervisor-0:3.1.4-1.el7	Fixed	RHSA-2018:0380
CloudForms Management Engine 5.9	wmi-0:1.3.14-7.el7cf	Fixed	RHSA-2018:0380

Remediation

Red Hat statement

This issue affects the versions of cfme as shipped with Red Hat CloudForms 4. Red Hat Product Security has rated this issue as having security impact of Moderate. A future update may address this issue. For additional information, refer to the Issue Severity Classification: https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/.

Metrics

0.93% 0.00934

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 3, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.00934

Score over time

2021–2026

EPSS v1
EPSS v5
EPSS v2
EPSS v3

Percentile over time

EPSS v1
EPSS v5
EPSS v2
EPSS v3

Table of values (9 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 3, 2026	0.93% (0.00934)	59.40th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Sep 20, 2026	0.93% (0.00934)	59.21th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jul 20, 2024	0.07% (0.00073)	32.05th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Sep 15, 2023	0.07% (0.00073)	30.45th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.07% (0.00070)	28.38th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	0.89% (0.00890)	30.33th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	0.89% (0.00890)	12.04th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 3, 2022	0.88% (0.00884)	25.39th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Apr 14, 2021	0.88% (0.00884)	0.00th	v1

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-79

Cross-site Scripting (XSS)

References (7)

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102287
vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0380
vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATVendor Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-15125
Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1517396
Issue Tracking
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2017-15125
x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingVendor Advisory
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-15125
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-15125

Link	Providers	Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102287		vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0380		vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATVendor Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-15125		Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1517396		Issue Tracking
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2017-15125		x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingVendor Advisory
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-15125
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-15125