Glance
CVE-2018-3748
MEDIUM
Vulnerability Assessment
| Weakness |
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A05:2025 - Injection
ASVS 5.0
V1 - Encoding and Sanitization Output encoding, context-aware escaping
MITRE ATT&CK
2 techniques across 2 tactics: Initial Access, Execution The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up. |
| Impact | CVSS score of 6.1 (MEDIUM). Attack characteristics: network attack vector, low complexity, no privileges required, user interaction required. Public proof-of-concept exploit code is available. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | A remote attacker could inject malicious scripts into web pages viewed by other users by sending crafted requests to the affected application. No authentication is required to exploit this vulnerability. |
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Alert meAnalysisAI
There is a Stored XSS vulnerability in the glance node module versions <= 3.0.5. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.1), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.
RemediationAI
No vendor patch is available at time of analysis. Monitor vendor advisories for updates. Sanitize all user input, use Content-Security-Policy headers, encode output contextually (HTML, JS, URL). Use frameworks with built-in XSS protection.
Affected Packages
Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)
Affects your stack
Affects 1 package in npm
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Technical ContextAI · show details
This vulnerability is classified as Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) (CWE-79), which allows attackers to inject malicious scripts into web pages viewed by other users. There is a Stored XSS vulnerability in the glance node module versions <= 3.0.5. File name, which contains malicious HTML (eg. embedded iframe element or javascript: pseudo-protocol handler in <a> element) allows to execute JavaScript code against any user who opens a directory listing containing such crafted file name. Affected products include: Glance Project Glance.
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Severity by source
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Primary rating from NVD · only source for this CVE.
CVSS VectorNVD
DescriptionNVD
There is a Stored XSS vulnerability in the glance node module versions <= 3.0.5. File name, which contains malicious HTML (eg. embedded iframe element or javascript: pseudo-protocol handler in <a> element) allows to execute JavaScript code against any user who opens a directory listing containing such crafted file name.
Threat Intelligence Overview
NVD
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Attack Technique
Cross-Site Scripting occurs when an application accepts untrusted data and sends it to a web browser without proper validation or encoding.
Affected Products (CPE)NVD
The nlpweb/glance repository through 2014-06-27 on GitHub allows absolute path traversal because the Flask send_file fun
The image parser in OpenStack Cinder 7.0.2 and 8.0.0 through 8.1.1; Glance before 11.0.1 and 12.0.0; and Nova before 12.
glance node module before 3.0.4 suffers from a Path Traversal vulnerability due to lack of validation of path passed to
Mirametrix Glance before 5.1.1.42207 (released on 2018-08-30) allows a local attacker to elevate privileges. Rated high
OpenStack Image Registry and Delivery Service (Glance) Folsom, Grizzly before 2013.1.4, and Havana before 2013.2, when t
An issue was discovered in OpenStack Cinder through 24.0.0, Glance before 28.0.2, and Nova before 29.0.3. Rated medium s
An SSRF issue was discovered in OpenStack Glance before Newton. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.8), this vulnerability is
The image signature algorithm in OpenStack Glance 11.0.0 allows remote attackers to bypass the signature verification pr
Server-Side Request Forgery in OpenStack Glance image import allows authenticated users to bypass URL validation via HTT
OpenStack Glance before 2015.1.1 (kilo) allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (disk consumption
The v1 API in OpenStack Glance Essex (2012.1), Folsom (2012.2), and Grizzly, when using the single-tenant Swift or S3 st
The import task action in OpenStack Image Service (Glance) 2015.1.x before 2015.1.2 (kilo), when using the V2 API, allow
GitHub PoC
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