REDHAT-BUG-1129774: XSS

Title: Persistent XSS in Horizon Host Aggregates interface Reporters: Dennis Felsch and Mario Heiderich (Ruhr-University Bochum) Products: Horizon Versions: up to 2013.2.3, and 2014.1 versions up to 2014.1.2

Description: Dennis Felsch and Mario Heiderich from the Horst Görtz Institute for IT-Security, Ruhr-University Bochum reported a persistent XSS in Horizon. A malicious administrator may conduct a persistent XSS attack by registering a malicious host aggregate in Horizon Host Aggregate interface. Once executed in a legitimate context this attack may reveal another admin token, potentially resulting in a lateral privilege escalation. All Horizon setups are affected.

Acknowledgements:

Red Hat would like to thank the OpenStack project for reporting this issue. Upstream acknowledges Dennis Felsch and Mario Heiderich from the Horst Görtz Institute for IT-Security, Ruhr-University Bochum as the original reporters.