CVE-2013-4471
The Identity v3 API in OpenStack Dashboard (Horizon) before 2013.2 does not require the current password when changing passwords for user accounts, which makes it easier for remote attackers to change a user password by leveraging the authentication…
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.20%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
The Identity v3 API in OpenStack Dashboard (Horizon) before 2013.2 does not require the current password when changing passwords for user accounts, which makes it easier for remote attackers to change a user password by leveraging the authentication token for that user.
- CVSS 2.0
- 5.5 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:N
- EPSS
- 1.20% probability · 68th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-287
- Affected
- openstack/horizon
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
EPSS 1.2% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack/2013-November/003299.htmlVendor Advisory
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/horizon/+bug/1237989Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack/2013-November/003299.htmlVendor Advisory
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/horizon/+bug/1237989Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.