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 token for that user.

Published: 2014-05-14 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2013-4471 is rated Moderate Risk (45.5/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.20%). EPSS rose +1.02% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2013-4471

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 0.18% 1.20% +1.02%
2 2025-03-30 0.49% 0.18% -0.31%
3 2025-03-29 — 0.49% —

Full EPSS history (6 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2013-4471

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.5 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:S)
A single authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 8.0 4.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2013-4471

OS Trackers for CVE-2013-4471

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2013-4471 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-2013-4471
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-4471
ubuntu medium CVE-2013-4471 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (horizon), 6 status rows across 6 suites (lucid, precise, quantal, raring, saucy, upstream): not-affected 4, DNE 1, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-4471

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2013-4471

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
openstack horizon >= 2013.1, < 2013.2 cpe:2.3:a:openstack:horizon:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2013-4471

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