// For flags

CVE-2014-3497

openstack-swift: XSS in Swift requests through WWW-Authenticate header

Severity Score

6.1
*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

0
*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

-
*KEV

Decision

-
*SSVC
Descriptions

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in OpenStack Swift 1.11.0 through 1.13.1 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the WWW-Authenticate header.

Vulnerabilidad de XSS en OpenStack Swift 1.11.0 hasta 1.13.1 permite a atacantes remotos inyectar secuencias de comandos web o HTML arbitrarios a través de la cabecera WWW-Authenticate.

It was found that Swift did not escape all HTTP header values, allowing data to be injected into the responses sent from the Swift server. This could lead to cross-site scripting attacks (and possibly other impacts) if a user were tricked into clicking on a malicious URL.

John Dickinson discovered that Swift did not properly quote the WWW-Authenticate header value. If a user were tricked into navigating to a malicious Swift URL, an attacker could conduct cross-site scripting attacks. With cross-site scripting vulnerabilities, if a user were tricked into viewing server output during a crafted server request, a remote attacker could exploit this to modify the contents, or steal confidential data, within the same domain.

*Credits: N/A
CVSS Scores
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
Required
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Partial
Availability
None
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
None
Availability
None
* Common Vulnerability Scoring System
SSVC
  • Decision:-
Exploitation
-
Automatable
-
Tech. Impact
-
* Organization's Worst-case Scenario
Timeline
  • 2014-05-14 CVE Reserved
  • 2014-06-25 CVE Published
  • 2024-02-13 EPSS Updated
  • 2024-08-06 CVE Updated
  • ---------- Exploited in Wild
  • ---------- KEV Due Date
  • ---------- First Exploit
CWE
  • CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
CAPEC
Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
Vendor Product Version Other Status
Vendor Product Version Other Status <-- --> Vendor Product Version Other Status
Openstack
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Swift
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1.11.0
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-
Affected
Openstack
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Swift
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1.12.0
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-
Affected
Openstack
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Swift
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1.13.0
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-
Affected
Openstack
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Swift
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1.13.1
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-
Affected
Openstack
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Swift
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1.13.1
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rc1
Affected
Openstack
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Swift
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1.13.1
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rc2
Affected