CVE-2012-2144

Exp

Session fixation vulnerability in OpenStack Dashboard (Horizon) folsom-1 and 2012.1 allows remote attackers to hijack web sessions via the sessionid cookie.

Published: 2012-06-05 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2012-2144 is rated High Exploit Risk (69.1/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.11%). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2012-2144

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2012-2144

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 2.94% 2.11% -0.83%
2 2025-03-30 6.24% 2.94% -3.30%
3 2025-03-29 — 6.24% —

Full EPSS history (7 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2012-2144

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.8 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 8.6 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2012-2144

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2012-2144

GHSA-w7h9-8wr4-hwqh · Severity: medium · Ecosystem: pip — OpenStack Horizon Session Fixation

OS Trackers for CVE-2012-2144

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2012-2144 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (horizon), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-2144
ubuntu medium CVE-2012-2144 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (horizon), 6 status rows across 6 suites (hardy, lucid, natty, oneiric, precise, upstream): DNE 4, needs-triage 1, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2012-2144

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2012-2144

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
openstack horizon 2012.1 cpe:2.3:a:openstack:horizon:2012.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
openstack horizon folsom-1 cpe:2.3:a:openstack:horizon:folsom-1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2012-2144

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