{"id":"CVE-2012-3442","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2012-3442","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T18:46:23.333Z","title":"The (1) django.http.HttpResponseRedirect and (2) django.http.HttpResponsePermanentRedirect classes in Django before 1.3.2 and 1.4.x before 1.4.1 do not validate the scheme of a redirect target, which might allow remote attackers to conduct cross-site…","description":"The (1) django.http.HttpResponseRedirect and (2) django.http.HttpResponsePermanentRedirect classes in Django before 1.3.2 and 1.4.x before 1.4.1 do not validate the scheme of a redirect target, which might allow remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via a data: URL.","published":"2012-07-31T17:55:02.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-16T23:43:14.000Z","status":"Analyzed","sourceIdentifier":"secalert@redhat.com","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":4.3,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N"},"cwe":["CWE-79"],"affected":["djangoproject/django"],"epss":{"score":0.02081,"percentile":0.81395,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (2.08%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2529","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:143","tags":["Broken Link"],"source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/07/31/1","tags":["Mailing List","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/07/31/2","tags":["Mailing List","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1560-1","tags":["Broken Link"],"source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2012/jul/30/security-releases-issued/","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2529","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:143","tags":["Broken Link"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/07/31/1","tags":["Mailing List","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/07/31/2","tags":["Mailing List","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1560-1","tags":["Broken Link"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2012/jul/30/security-releases-issued/","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-3442","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}