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CVE-2015-0220

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Date: January 16, 2015

The django.util.http.is_safe_url function in Django before 1.4.18, 1.6.x before 1.6.10, and 1.7.x before 1.7.3 does not properly handle leading whitespaces, which allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via a crafted URL, related to redirect URLs, as demonstrated by a "\njavascript:" URL.

Language: Python

Severity Score

3.7

Related Resources (25)

Url: http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:036

Url: http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2469-1

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/62309

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-09/msg00035.html

Url: https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2015/jan/13/security/

Url: https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/django/PYSEC-2015-5.yaml

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/62718

Url: https://github.com/django/django/blob/4555a823fd57e261e1b19c778429473256c8ea08/docs/releases/1.4.18.txt#L34-L46

Url: https://github.com/django/django/commit/4c241f1b710da6419d9dca160e80b23b82db7758

Url: https://github.com/django/django/commit/de67dedc771ad2edec15c1d00c083a1a084e1e89

Url: http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0026.html

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

Url: https://web.archive.org/web/20151104201446/http://secunia.com/advisories/62718

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/62285

Url: https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2015/jan/13/security

Url: https://web.archive.org/web/20150128111656/http://secunia.com/advisories/62285

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-0220

Url: http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/148485.html

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-04/msg00001.html

Url: https://github.com/django/django/commit/72e0b033662faa11bb7f516f18a132728aa0ae28

Url: https://web.archive.org/web/20150523054953/http://www.mandriva.com/en/support/security/advisories/advisory/MDVSA-2015:036/?name=MDVSA-2015:036

Url: http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/148608.html

Url: https://web.archive.org/web/20150523054951/http://www.mandriva.com/en/support/security/advisories/advisory/MDVSA-2015:109/?name=MDVSA-2015:109

Url: http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:109

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2015-0220

Severity Score

3.7

Weakness Type (CWE)

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

CWE-79

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Upgrade to version Django - 1.6.10;Django - 1.7.3;Django - 1.4.18

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CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	3.7
Attack Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC):	HIGH
Privileges Required (PR):	NONE
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	LOW
Availability (A):	NONE

CVSS v2

Base Score:	4.3
Access Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC):	MEDIUM
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	PARTIAL
Availability (A):	NONE
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CVE-2015-0220

Good to know:

Date: January 16, 2015

Language: Python

Severity Score

Related Resources (25)

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Weakness Type (CWE)

Top Fix

Upgrade Version

CVSS v3.1

CVSS v2

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