CVE-2020-10780

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.

Published: 2020-08-11 Last update: 2024-11-21 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2020-10780 is rated Moderate Risk (45.1/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.40%). Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2020-10780

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2025-03-30 0.77% 0.40% -0.37%
2 2025-03-29 0.40% 0.77% +0.37%
3 2025-03-17 0.40%

Full EPSS history (8 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2020-10780

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.3 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:L)
A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin.
User interaction (UI:R)
A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:L)
Attackers could change some data, but it’s limited—not everything goes.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
2.1 4.2 [email protected]
4.9 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:S)
A single authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
6.8 4.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2020-10780

OS Trackers for CVE-2020-10780

vendor priority summary link
redhat medium https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-10780

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2020-10780

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
redhat cloudforms_management_engine 4.7 cpe:2.3:a:redhat:cloudforms_management_engine:4.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat cloudforms_management_engine 5.0 cpe:2.3:a:redhat:cloudforms_management_engine:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2020-10780

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