CVE-2012-2094 OpenStack Horizon Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability

What is CVE-2012-2094?

CVE-2012-2094 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in n/a, published on 5 Jun 2012. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the refresh mechanism in the log viewer in horizon/static/horizon/js/horizon.js in OpenStack Dashboard (Horizon) folsom-1 and 2012.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the guest console.

Weakness: CWE-79

Which versions are affected by CVE-2012-2094?

2 open source packages ship an affected version, including horizon. It affects 1 product.

Products include Openstack Horizon.

How do I fix CVE-2012-2094?

Upgrade horizon to 8.0.0a0 or later.

Escape output for the context it lands in and set a strict Content Security Policy. Upgrading the affected component is the real fix. More about Cross-site scripting.

Is CVE-2012-2094 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2012-2094 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in n/a

• CVE-2012-2144 OpenStack Horizon Session Fixation Medium 6.8
• CVE-2022-45582 Horizon Web Dashboard Open Redirect vulnerability Medium 6.1
• CVE-2026-55748 OpenStack Horizon RC file generation does not escape special characters in project names Medium 6.0
• CVE-2012-3540 Open redirect in n/a Medium 5.8
• CVE-2013-4471 Auth bypass in n/a Medium 5.5

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2012-2094, GHSA-j772-hpmw-32rm.