CVE-2015-0220

Medium

Description

The django.util.http.is_safe_url function in Django before 1.4.18, 1.6.x before 1.6.10, and 1.7.x before 1.7.3 does not properly handle leading whitespaces, which allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via a crafted URL, related to redirect URLs, as demonstrated by a "\njavascript:" URL.

SeverityMedium
CVSS4.3
Exploit probability—
ProductDjango
PublishedJan 16, 2015
First seenJan 16, 2015

How to fix

Update
  • django1.4.18, 1.6.10, 1.7.3 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
djangoproject djangov ≤ 1.4.17, 1.6, 1.6.1, 1.6.2, 1.6.3, 1.6.4, 1.6.5, 1.6.6, 1.6.7, 1.6.8, 1.6.9, 1.7, 1.7.1, 1.7.2—
canonical ubuntu_linux10.04, 12.04, 14.04, 14.10—
djangoPyPIv < 1.4.18, 1.6 ≤ v < 1.6.10, 1.7 ≤ v < 1.7.3, 1.5 ≤ v < 1.6.101.4.18, 1.6.10, 1.7.3

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