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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.
- Products
- horizon
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 2012.1.1-4
- CVEs
- CVE-2012-3540
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 23:38 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
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.
osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2012-3540
horizon
Fixed versions: 2012.1.1-4
horizon
Fixed versions: 2012.1.1-4
horizon
Fixed versions: 2012.1.1-4
Complete source record
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