CVE-2015-3219: OpenStack Dashboard (Horizon) Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability

CVE-2015-3219 · Severity: low · CVSS 3.1 · Published 2015-08-20

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.

Technologies: horizon (PyPI). Vendors: PyPI.

Quick answers

Is CVE-2015-3219 exploited in the wild?
No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2015-3219 being exploited in the wild.
How severe is CVE-2015-3219?
Low severity, with a CVSS score of 3.1, published 20 August 2015.
Which products and versions are affected?
horizon (PyPI) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0,fixed=8.0.0a0.
Is there a fix for CVE-2015-3219?
Yes. horizon (PyPI): upgrade to 8.0.0a0 or later. Junglewise finds every place you run it, drafts the upgrade and applies it once you approve.
Am I affected by CVE-2015-3219?
Check whether you run horizon (PyPI) at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.

How to fix

  • horizon (PyPI): upgrade to 8.0.0a0 or later
    pip install "horizon>=8.0.0a0"

Affected products

  • horizon (PyPI) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0,fixed=8.0.0a0

Identifiers

  • CVE-2015-3219
  • GHSA-rhjj-f6gq-6gx2
  • PYSEC-2015-40

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