CVE-2012-3540
MEDIUM · CVSS 5.8EPSS 2.9%EU EUVD
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 5.8 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-20
- EPSS score
- 2.9% (87th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2012-0009)
- Published
- September 5, 2012
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2012-0009 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- openstack / horizon
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/50480(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/30/4
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/30/5
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55329
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1565-1
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/horizon/+bug/1039077
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/78196
- https://github.com/openstack/horizon/commit/35eada8a27323c0f83c400177797927aba6bc99b(Exploit, Patch)
- https://lists.launchpad.net/openstack/msg16278.html
- https://lists.launchpad.net/openstack/msg16281.html
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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