CVE-2012-3540

medium
Published 2012-09-05 · Modified 2025-10-09
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
5.8
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

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-3540

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: secalert@redhat.com — https://github.com/openstack/horizon/commit/35eada8a27323c0f83c400177797927aba6bc99b

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: secalert@redhat.com — http://secunia.com/advisories/50480

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
debian debianbookwormfixed2012.1.1-4
debian debianbullseyefixed2012.1.1-4
debian debianforkyfixed2012.1.1-4
debian debiansidfixed2012.1.1-4
debian debiantrixiefixed2012.1.1-4

Package impact

EcosystemPackageVulnerableFixed
python PyPIhorizon<35eada8a27323c0f83c400177797927aba6bc99b35eada8a27323c0f83c400177797927aba6bc99b

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
openstackhorizon2012.1

References

CWEs

CWE-20

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