CVE-2013-4471

critical

Description

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.

References

https://bugs.launchpad.net/horizon/+bug/1237989

http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack/2013-November/003299.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2014-05-14

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:N

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Severity: Critical

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00181