CVE-2016-2512
Published: 1 March 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.
Notes
| Author | Note |
|---|---|
| mdeslaur | patch introduced a regression: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/python-django/+bug/1553251 https://code.djangoproject.com/ticket/26308 https://github.com/django/django/commit/ada7a4aefb9bec4c34667b511022be6057102f98 https://github.com/django/django/commit/552f03869ea7f3072b3fa19ffb6cb2d957fd8447 |
Priority
Status
| Package | Release | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
python-django Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
precise |
Released
(1.3.1-4ubuntu1.20)
|
| trusty |
Released
(1.6.1-2ubuntu0.12)
|
|
| upstream |
Released
(1.8.10,1.9.3)
|
|
| wily |
Released
(1.7.9-1ubuntu5.2)
|
Severity score breakdown
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Base score | 7.4 |
| Attack vector | Network |
| Attack complexity | Low |
| Privileges required | None |
| User interaction | Required |
| Scope | Changed |
| Confidentiality | None |
| Integrity impact | High |
| Availability impact | None |
| Vector | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N |