CVE-2014-8578 Cross-site scripting in n/a

What is CVE-2014-8578?

CVE-2014-8578 is a low-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in n/a, published on 31 Oct 2014. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Groups panel in OpenStack Dashboard (Horizon) before 2013.2.4, 2014.1 before 2014.1.2, and Juno before Juno-2 allows remote administrators to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a user email address, a different vulnerability than CVE-2014-3475.

Weakness: CWE-79

Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-8578?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Openstack Horizon.

How do I fix CVE-2014-8578?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

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-2014-8578 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-8578 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-2014-8578, GHSA-grxx-9m9p-rf4j, UBUNTU-CVE-2014-8578.