Vulnerability Report

CVE-2016-4428

Title: Openstack Horizon Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)

XSS

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2016-4428.

CWE Category CWE-79
Published Date Jul 12, 2016
Modified Date May 06, 2026
Exploit Status Not Found
Score 5.4 CVSS v3.1
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
2.07%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2016-4428: Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in OpenStack Dashboard (Horizon) 8.0.1 and earlier and 9.0.0 through 9.0.1 allows remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML by injecting an AngularJS template in a dashboard form.

Impacted Vendors

O
openstack 2
R
redhat 1
V
vmware 1

Reference Links

http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3617 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/17/4 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1268 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1269 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1270 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1271 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1272 https://bugs.launchpad.net/horizon/+bug/1567673 https://review.openstack.org/329996 https://review.openstack.org/329997 https://review.openstack.org/329998 https://security.openstack.org/ossa/OSSA-2016-010.html http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3617 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/17/4 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1268 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1269 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1270 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1271 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1272 https://bugs.launchpad.net/horizon/+bug/1567673 https://review.openstack.org/329996 https://review.openstack.org/329997 https://review.openstack.org/329998 https://security.openstack.org/ossa/OSSA-2016-010.html
CVSS v3.1
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity MEDIUM
5.4
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
N/A
Interaction
REQUIRED
Confidentiality
N/A
Integrity
N/A
Availability
N/A
Scope
CHANGED
RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CVSS v2.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity LOW
3.5
Access Vector
N/A
Authentication
N/A
RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2016-4428 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector NETWORK
Complexity LOW
Privileges N/A
Interaction REQUIRED
CVSS Vector String CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.