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CVE-2016-4428

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-4428 is a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in OpenStack Dashboard (Horizon) versions 8.0.1 and earlier, and 9.0.0 through 9.0.1, affecting Debian, OpenStack, and Red Hat distributions. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 5.4) allows authenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via AngularJS templates in dashboard forms, requiring user interaction but with low attack complexity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 8.0.0, <= 8.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:openstack:horizon:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
9.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:openstack:horizon:9.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
9.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:openstack:horizon:9.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openstack:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openstack:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

5.4MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.3
Impact Score
2.7
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.07%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
79.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0207 is in the 98th percentile among its peer group of 15,222 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (7)

pippatch availablevia ghsa
Product: horizonFixed in: 8.0.2
pippatch availablevia ghsa
Product: horizonFixed in: 9.1.0
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5.0 (Icehouse) for RHEL 6Fixed in: python-django-horizon-0:2014.1.5-4.el6ost
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5.0 (Icehouse) for RHEL 7Fixed in: python-django-horizon-0:2014.1.5-4.el7ost
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 6.0 (Juno) for RHEL 7Fixed in: python-django-horizon-0:2014.2.3-9.el7ost
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 7.0 (Kilo) for RHEL 7Fixed in: python-django-horizon-0:2015.1.4-1.el7ost
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenStack Platform 8.0 (Liberty)Fixed in: python-django-horizon-1:8.0.1-4.el7ost
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Vendor Advisories (2)

pipGHSA-grm6-x6mr-q3cvmedium

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

May 13, 2022
redhatCVE-2016-4428Important

python-django-horizon: XSS in client side template

Jun 17, 2016

References

access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2016:1268
Third Party Advisory
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2016:1269
Third Party Advisory
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2016:1270
Third Party Advisory
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2016:1271
Third Party Advisory
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2016:1272
Third Party Advisory
bugs.launchpad.net / horizon/+bug/1567673
Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
review.openstack.org / 329996
PatchVendor Advisory
review.openstack.org / 329997
PatchVendor Advisory
review.openstack.org / 329998
PatchVendor Advisory
security.openstack.org / ossa/OSSA-2016-010.html
PatchVendor Advisory
debian.org / security/2016/dsa-3617
Third Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2016/06/17/4
Mailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory