CVE-2014-8578

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Groups panel in OpenStack Dashboard (Horizon) before 2013.2.4, 2014.1 before 2014.1.2, and Juno before Juno-2 allows remote administrators to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a user email address, a different vulnerability than CVE-2014-3475.

Published: 2014-10-31 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2014-8578 is rated Low Risk (37.1/100): CVSS Low severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.18%). Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2014-8578

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 0.34% 1.18% +0.84%
2 2025-03-30 0.46% 0.34% -0.12%
3 2025-03-29 — 0.46% —

Full EPSS history (7 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2014-8578

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
3.5 2.0 LOW
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N 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:S)
A single authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
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Weakness enumeration for CVE-2014-8578

OS Trackers for CVE-2014-8578

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2014-8578 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-2014-8578
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-8578
ubuntu medium CVE-2014-8578 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (horizon), 5 status rows across 5 suites (lucid, precise, trusty, upstream, utopic): not-affected 2, released 2, DNE 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-8578

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2014-8578

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
openstack horizon >= 2013.2, < 2013.2.4 cpe:2.3:a:openstack:horizon:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
openstack horizon >= 2014.1, < 2014.1.2 cpe:2.3:a:openstack:horizon:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
openstack horizon juno-1 cpe:2.3:a:openstack:horizon:juno-1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
openstack horizon <= juno-1 cpe:2.3:a:openstack:horizon:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2014-8578

URL Tags
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/07/08/6 Mailing List Patch
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68456 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://bugs.launchpad.net/horizon/+bug/1320235 Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
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