CVE-2015-3219

Public Exploit

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Orchestration/Stack section in OpenStack Dashboard (Horizon) 2014.2 before 2014.2.4 and 2015.1.x before 2015.1.1 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the description parameter in a heat template, which is not properly handled in the help_text attribute in the Field class.

Category

4.3
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.41%
Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory openstack.org Vendor Advisory launchpad.net
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-announce/2015-June/000361.html mailing list patch vendor advisory
https://bugs.launchpad.net/horizon/+bug/1453074 exploit vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75109 vdb entry third party advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3617 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2015-2511963.html third party advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1679.html vendor advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/06/09/7 mailing list patch

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2015-3219?
CVE-2015-3219 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2015-3219?
To fix CVE-2015-3219, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2015-3219 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2015-3219 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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