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CVE-2015-2317

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Date: March 25, 2015

The utils.http.is_safe_url function in Django before 1.4.20, 1.5.x, 1.6.x before 1.6.11, 1.7.x before 1.7.7, and 1.8.x before 1.8c1 does not properly validate URLs, which allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via a control character in a URL, as demonstrated by a \x08javascript: URL.

Language: Python

Severity Score

3.7

Related Resources (20)

Url: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2015-2511959.html

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-2317

Url: https://github.com/django/django/commit/2a4113dbd532ce952308992633d802dc169a75f1

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

Url: https://github.com/django/django/commit/5510f070711540aaa8d3707776cd77494e688ef9

Url: http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3204

Url: https://github.com/django/django/commit/770427c2896a078925abfca2317486b284d22f04

Url: http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:195

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

Url: http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/155421.html

Url: https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2015/mar/18/security-releases/

Url: http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2539-1

Url: https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/django/PYSEC-2015-9.yaml

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

Url: https://web.archive.org/web/20200228131706/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/73319

Url: https://github.com/django/django/commit/2342693b31f740a422abf7267c53b4e7bc487c1b

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/73319

Url: http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-June/160263.html

Url: https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2015/mar/18/security-releases

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2015-2317

Severity Score

3.7

Weakness Type (CWE)

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

CWE-79

Top Fix

Upgrade Version

Upgrade to version Django - 1.7.7;Django - 1.4.20;Django - 1.6.11;Django - 1.8c1

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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-2015-2317

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Date: March 25, 2015

Language: Python

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Weakness Type (CWE)

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CVSS v3.1

CVSS v2

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