CVE-2012-3540

medium

Published 2012-09-05 · Modified 2025-10-09

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

5.8

Description

Open 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.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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OS impact

Debian Fixed 5 releases

Version	Status	Fixed in
trixie	Fixed	`2012.1.1-4`
sid	Fixed	`2012.1.1-4`
forky	Fixed	`2012.1.1-4`
bullseye	Fixed	`2012.1.1-4`
bookworm	Fixed	`2012.1.1-4`

Package impact

Ecosystem	Package	Vulnerable	Fixed
PyPI	horizon	`<35eada8a27323c0f83c400177797927aba6bc99b`	`35eada8a27323c0f83c400177797927aba6bc99b`

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
openstack	horizon	`2012.1`

References

CWEs

CWE-20

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.