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CVE-2016-2512

Safety vulnerability ID: 33073

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Created at Apr 08, 2016 Updated at Dec 10, 2024
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Advisory

The utils.http.is_safe_url function in Django before 1.8.10 and 1.9.x before 1.9.3 allows remote attackers to redirect users to arbitrary web sites and conduct phishing attacks or possibly conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via a URL containing basic authentication, as demonstrated by http://mysite.example.com\@attacker.com.

Affected package

django

Latest version: 5.1.4

A high-level Python web framework that encourages rapid development and clean, pragmatic design.

Affected versions

Fixed versions

Vulnerability changelog

The utils.http.is_safe_url function in Django before 1.8.10 and 1.9.x before 1.9.3 allows remote attackers to redirect users to arbitrary web sites and conduct phishing attacks or possibly conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via a URL containing basic authentication, as demonstrated by http://mysite.example.com\@attacker.com.

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Severity Details

CVSS Base Score

HIGH 7.4

CVSS v3 Details

HIGH 7.4
Attack Vector (AV)
NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC)
LOW
Privileges Required (PR)
NONE
User Interaction (UI)
REQUIRED
Scope (S)
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact (C)
NONE
Integrity Impact (I)
HIGH
Availability Availability (A)
NONE

CVSS v2 Details

MEDIUM 4.3
Access Vector (AV)
NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC)
MEDIUM
Authentication (Au)
NONE
Confidentiality Impact (C)
NONE
Integrity Impact (I)
PARTIAL
Availability Impact (A)
NONE