CVE-2012-3540

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Summary

CVECVE-2012-3540
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2012-09-05 23:55:02 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionOpen redirect vulnerability in views/auth_forms.py in OpenStack Dashboard (Horizon) Essex (2012.1) allows remote attackers to redirect users to arbitrary web sites and conduct phishing attacks via a URL in the next parameter to auth/login/. NOTE: this issue was originally assigned CVE-2012-3542 by mistake.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 5.8 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

Problem Types: CWE-20 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
None

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Openstack Horizon 2012.1 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
USN-1565-1: OpenStack Horizon vulnerability | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
Security Alerts - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Bug #1039077 “open redirect / phishing attack via “next” paramet...” : Bugs : OpenStack Dashboard (Horizon) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.launchpad.net
oss-security - Re: [Openstack] [OSSA 2012-012] Horizon, Open redirect through 'next' parameter (CVE-2012-3540) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
OpenStack Dashboard (Horizon) CVE-2012-3540 Redirect Module Open Redirection Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
oss-security - [OSSA 2012-012] Horizon, Open redirect through 'next' parameter (CVE-2012-3542) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
Re: [OSSA 2012-012] Horizon, Open redirect through 'next' parameter (CVE-2012-3540) : Mailing list archive : openstack team in Launchpad af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.launchpad.net
Fix open redirect in Horizon. · 35eada8 · openstack/horizon · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com Exploit, Patch
[OSSA 2012-012] Horizon, Open redirect through 'next' parameter (CVE-2012-3542) : Mailing list archive : openstack team in Launchpad af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.launchpad.net
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
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