CVE-2020-29565

Public Exploit

Description

An issue was discovered in OpenStack Horizon before 15.3.2, 16.x before 16.2.1, 17.x and 18.x before 18.3.3, 18.4.x, and 18.5.x. There is a lack of validation of the "next" parameter, which would allow someone to supply a malicious URL in Horizon that can cause an automatic redirect to the provided malicious URL.

Category

6.1
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 3.1 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.71% Top 30%
Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory openstack.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://bugs.launchpad.net/horizon/+bug/1865026 issue tracking exploit third party advisory
https://review.opendev.org/c/openstack/horizon/+/758841/ third party advisory patch
https://review.opendev.org/c/openstack/horizon/+/758843/ third party advisory patch
https://security.openstack.org/ossa/OSSA-2020-008.html patch vendor advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/12/08/2 mailing list third party advisory patch
https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4820 third party advisory vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2020-29565?
CVE-2020-29565 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2020-29565?
To fix CVE-2020-29565, 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-2020-29565 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2020-29565 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~1% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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