# CVE-2015-3219: Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Orchestration/Stack section in OpenStack Dashboard (Horizon) 2014.2 before 2014.2.4 and 2015

- Also known as: PYSEC-2015-40, GHSA-RHJJ-F6GQ-6GX2
- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 8.0.0a0
- Published: 2015-08-20 · Updated: 2024-08-06

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported
- horizon (PyPI): fixed in 8.0.0a0

## 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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, horizon, upgrade to a fixed version (8.0.0a0) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-announce/2015-June/000361.html
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/horizon/+bug/1453074
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75109
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3617
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2015-2511963.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1679.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/06/09/7

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