CVE-2014-3474 OpenStack Horizon Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability

What is CVE-2014-3474?

CVE-2014-3474 is a low-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Opensuse Opensuse, published on 31 Oct 2014. 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 horizon/static/horizon/js/horizon.instances.js in the Launch Instance menu in OpenStack Dashboard (Horizon) before 2013.2.4, 2014.1 before 2014.1.2, and Juno before Juno-2 allows remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a network name.

Weakness: CWE-79

Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-3474?

3 open source packages ship an affected version, including horizon. It affects 2 products.

Products include Openstack Horizon, Opensuse Opensuse.

How do I fix CVE-2014-3474?

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-2014-3474 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-3474 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Opensuse Opensuse

• 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

All Opensuse Opensuse vulnerabilities

Sources

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

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2014-3474, GHSA-j57p-g33w-95c5, PYSEC-2026-644, UBUNTU-CVE-2014-3474.