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CVE-2012-4520

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Date: November 18, 2012

The django.http.HttpRequest.get_host function in Django 1.3.x before 1.3.4 and 1.4.x before 1.4.2 allows remote attackers to generate and display arbitrary URLs via crafted username and password Host header values.

Language: Python

Severity Score

7.5

Related Resources (31)

Url: http://www.osvdb.org/86493

Url: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-October/090970.html

Url: https://github.com/django/django/commit/9305c0e12d43c4df999c3301a1f0c742264a657e

Url: http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2634

Url: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=691145

Url: https://web.archive.org/web/20140417023920/http://securitytracker.com/id?1027708

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-4520

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/51033

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/51314

Url: https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/30/4

Url: https://github.com/django/django

Url: https://github.com/django/django/commit/92d3430f12171f16f566c9050c40feefb830a4a3

Url: http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1632-1

Url: http://securitytracker.com/id?1027708

Url: https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2012/oct/17/security

Url: https://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1632-1

Url: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=865164

Url: https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/django/PYSEC-2012-7.yaml

Url: https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2012/oct/17/security/

Url: https://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1757-1

Url: http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-October/090666.html

Url: http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1757-1

Url: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/30/4

Url: https://github.com/django/django/commit/b45c377f8f488955e0c7069cad3f3dd21910b071

Url: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-October/090904.html

Url: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=691145

Url: http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-October/090970.html

Url: https://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2634

Url: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-October/090666.html

Url: http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-October/090904.html

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2012-4520

Severity Score

7.5

Weakness Type (CWE)

Improper Input Validation

CWE-20

Top Fix

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CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	7.5
Attack Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC):	LOW
Privileges Required (PR):	NONE
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	HIGH
Availability (A):	NONE

CVSS v2

Base Score:	6.4
Access Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC):	LOW
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	PARTIAL
Integrity (I):	PARTIAL
Availability (A):	NONE
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CVE-2012-4520

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Date: November 18, 2012

Language: Python

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Related Resources (31)

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Weakness Type (CWE)

Top Fix

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CVSS v3.1

CVSS v2

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