CVE-2012-2094 — horizon
Fix: openstack/horizon@7f8c788CVE-2012-2094 is a Cross-site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in horizon. A fix is available for horizon — see the affected versions and patch details below.
OpenStack Horizon Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability
EPSS Exploitation Probability
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System) is a daily probability model maintained by FIRST.org. It estimates the likelihood a CVE will be exploited in production environments within the next 30 days, derived from real-world threat intelligence signals.
Real-World Exposure
horizonReal-time download stats are indexed for npm and PyPI packages. This vulnerability affects PyPI packages — download data is not available via public APIs for these ecosystems.
Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the refresh mechanism in the log viewer in horizon/static/horizon/js/horizon.js in OpenStack Dashboard (Horizon) folsom-1 and 2012.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the guest console.
Affected Packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🐍PyPI | horizon | all versions | 8.0.0a0pip install --upgrade 'horizon==8.0.0a0' |
Detection & mitigation playbook
Open-source dependencyDetect
Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for horizon, including transitive dependencies — a direct dependency you never call can still pull in a vulnerable version.
Fix
Update horizon to 8.0.0a0 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms CVE-2012-2094 is resolved across your whole dependency graph.
Workarounds
If you can't upgrade right away: gate or disable the affected feature, validate untrusted input at the boundary, and avoid passing attacker-controlled data into the vulnerable path. O3's runtime protection blocks exploitation in production as an interim safeguard until the upgrade lands.
How O3 protects you
O3 Security's impact-aware SCA analyses which vulnerable code paths your application actually calls, so a match like CVE-2012-2094 can be triaged on real exposure rather than presence alone.
Tailored to CVE-2012-2094. Runtime protection reduces exposure until a permanent patch is applied and verified — it complements patching, it doesn't replace it.
Fixing This On Your OS
If you run this on a Linux distribution, patch through your package manager against the distro's own security advisory below — it tracks the exact backported fix for your release, which can ship on a different timeline (and sometimes a different severity) than the upstream project.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is CVE-2012-2094 in your dependencies?
O3 Security finds CVE-2012-2094 across PyPI dependencies, including transitive ones, and its impact-aware SCA ranks findings by whether your code actually calls the vulnerable path.