CVE-2016-2512
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…
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (4.04%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
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.
- CVSS 3.0
- 7.4 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N
- EPSS
- 4.04% probability · 90th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-79
- Affected
- djangoproject/django
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0502.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0504.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0505.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0506.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3544
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/83879
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035152
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2915-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2915-2
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2915-3
- https://github.com/django/django/commit/c5544d289233f501917e25970c03ed444abbd4f0
- https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2016/mar/01/security-releases/Vendor Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0502.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0504.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0505.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0506.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3544
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/83879
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035152
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2915-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2915-2
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2915-3
- https://github.com/django/django/commit/c5544d289233f501917e25970c03ed444abbd4f0
- https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2016/mar/01/security-releases/Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.