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CVE-2016-2512

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Date: April 8, 2016

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.

Language: Python

Severity Score

7.4

Related Resources (23)

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2915-3

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2915-2

Url: https://web.archive.org/web/20210413200202/http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035152

Url: https://github.com/django/django/commit/fc6d147a63f89795dbcdecb0559256470fff4380

Url: https://web.archive.org/web/20210123090815/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/83879

Url: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0504.html

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/83879

Url: http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3544

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2915-1

Url: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-2512

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

Url: https://github.com/django/django/commit/382ab137312961ad62feb8109d70a5a581fe8350

Url: https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/django/PYSEC-2016-15.yaml

Url: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0506.html

Url: https://github.com/django/django/commit/c5544d289233f501917e25970c03ed444abbd4f0

Url: https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2016/mar/01/security-releases

Url: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0505.html

Url: https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2016/mar/01/security-releases/

Url: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0502.html

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-2512

Url: http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035152

Url: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2016-2512

Severity Score

7.4

Weakness Type (CWE)

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

CWE-79

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Upgrade to version django - 1.8.10;django - 1.9.3

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CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	7.4
Attack Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC):	LOW
Privileges Required (PR):	NONE
User Interaction (UI):	REQUIRED
Scope (S):	CHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	HIGH
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-2016-2512

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Date: April 8, 2016

Language: Python

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Related Resources (23)

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Weakness Type (CWE)

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CVSS v3.1

CVSS v2

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