CVE-2012-3540

mediumpriority · track · 24EPSS 0.029 · 87 %ileEUUS
grimoire priorityP3 · Track
Exploitable?
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no known exploitation
Likely / severe?
2.92% (87th) EPSS
CVSS 5.8 · medium
Is it mine?
3 products
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Who says so?
4 sources
cnnvd · enisa_euvd · nvd · osv

EPSS · scored 2026-10-28

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.

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5.8
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v2.05.8mediumAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 8.6 · impact 4.9
v2.04.9mediumAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)
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affected products (3)

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advisories (1)

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  • PYSEC-2012-182012-09-05vendor · osvUS

    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.

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published 2012-09-05modified 2026-06-16
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