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CVE-2016-4428 json

OpenStack Dashboard (Horizon) Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability

published 2016-07-12 10 y ago modified 2026-07-06 4 mo ago also GHSA-grm6-x6mr-q3cv , PYSEC-2026-643 , EUVD-2022-4001

cvss
5.4
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
2.1%
EPSS 2.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 81%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • pypi horizon 8.0.2, 9.1.0
  • horizon Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 3:9.0.1-2

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2016-4428

  • horizon Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 1:2014.1.5-0ubuntu2.1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2016-4428

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • python-django-horizon openstack 8 1:8.0.1-4.el7ost
  • openstack-dashboard openstack 8 1:8.0.1-4.el7ost
  • openstack-dashboard-theme openstack 8 1:8.0.1-4.el7ost
  • python-django-horizon openstack 7 2015.1.4-1.el7ost
  • openstack-dashboard openstack 7 2015.1.4-1.el7ost
  • openstack-dashboard-theme openstack 7 2015.1.4-1.el7ost
  • python-django-horizon openstack 6 2014.2.3-9.el7ost
  • openstack-dashboard openstack 6 2014.2.3-9.el7ost

red hat advisories RHSA-2016:1270RHSA-2016:1272RHSA-2016:1271RHSA-2016:1269RHSA-2016:1268

  • openstack-heat OpenStack Cloud 6 5.0.2~a0~dev93-9.1
  • openstack-nova OpenStack Cloud 6 12.0.5~a0~dev2-7.1
  • openstack-cinder OpenStack Cloud 6 7.0.3~a0~dev2-7.1
  • openstack-glance OpenStack Cloud 6 11.0.2~a0~dev13-7.1
  • openstack-manila OpenStack Cloud 6 1.0.2~a0~dev11-9.1
  • openstack-neutron OpenStack Cloud 6 7.1.2~a0~dev29-10.1
  • openstack-keystone OpenStack Cloud 6 8.1.1~a0~dev13-3.1
  • openstack-dashboard OpenStack Cloud 6 8.0.2~a0~dev34-8.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2016:2143-1

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2016-4428 updated cvss 4.9

python-django-horizon: XSS in client side template

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5.0 (Icehouse) for RHEL 6 openstack-dashboard 2014.1.5-4.el6ost, python-django-horizon 2014.1.5-4.el6ost, openstack-dashboard-theme 2014.1.5-4.el6ost
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2016:1268
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5.0 (Icehouse) for RHEL 7 openstack-dashboard 2014.1.5-4.el7ost, python-django-horizon 2014.1.5-4.el7ost, openstack-dashboard-theme 2014.1.5-4.el7ost
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2016:1269
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 6.0 (Juno) for RHEL 7 openstack-dashboard 2014.2.3-9.el7ost, python-django-horizon 2014.2.3-9.el7ost, openstack-dashboard-theme 2014.2.3-9.el7ost
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2016:1271
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 7.0 (Kilo) for RHEL 7 openstack-dashboard 2015.1.4-1.el7ost, python-django-horizon 2015.1.4-1.el7ost, openstack-dashboard-theme 2015.1.4-1.el7ost
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2016:1272
  • Red Hat OpenStack Platform 8.0 (Liberty) openstack-dashboard 8.0.1-4.el7ost, python-django-horizon 8.0.1-4.el7ost, openstack-dashboard-theme 8.0.1-4.el7ost
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2016:1270
  • Red Hat OpenStack Platform 9 (Mitaka) openstack-dashboard, python-django-horizon, openstack-dashboard-theme Red Hat OpenStack Platform 10 (Newton) openstack-dashboard, python-django-horizon, openstack-dashboard-theme
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

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Exploit prediction

2.08% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 81% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 5.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
NVD 2.0 3.5 AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N
OSV 3.1 5.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
GitHub 3.1 5.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
pypi horizon
<8.0.2
>=9.0.0, <9.1.0
8.0.2
9.1.0

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation

References

Sources

Fencer Intel keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.