# CVE-2015-3988: Cross-site scripting in n/a

> Authenticated users can inject malicious scripts into OpenStack Dashboard metadata fields, potentially compromising other users' sessions.

- **Severity:** Low 3.5 (`AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 19 May 2015
- **Updated:** 6 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** DEBIAN-CVE-2015-3988, GHSA-chfp-7692-g532

## What is CVE-2015-3988?

CVE-2015-3988 is a low-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Oracle Solaris, published on 19 May 2015. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in OpenStack Dashboard (Horizon) 2015.1.0 allow remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the metadata to a (1) Glance image, (2) Nova flavor or (3) Host Aggregate.

Weakness: CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-3988?

It affects 2 products.


Products: Openstack Horizon, Oracle Solaris.

## How do I fix CVE-2015-3988?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

## Is CVE-2015-3988 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-3988 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Oracle Solaris

- [CVE-2012-2144](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2012-2144/): OpenStack Horizon Session Fixation (medium 6.8)
- [CVE-2022-45582](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-45582/): Horizon Web Dashboard Open Redirect vulnerability (medium 6.1)
- [CVE-2026-55748](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-55748/): OpenStack Horizon RC file generation does not escape special characters in project names (medium 6.0)
- [CVE-2012-3540](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2012-3540/): Open redirect in n/a (medium 5.8)
- [CVE-2013-4471](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-4471/): Auth bypass in n/a (medium 5.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2015-3988 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2015-3988 is a low-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Oracle Solaris, published on 19 May 2015. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-3988 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Oracle Solaris. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-3988/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-3988/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-3988
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-3988
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2015-3988

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