CVE-2016-2512

High

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.

SeverityHigh
CVSS7.4
Exploit probability—
ProductDjango
PublishedApr 8, 2016
First seenApr 8, 2016

How to fix

Update
  • django1.8.10, 1.9.3 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
djangoproject django1.8.9, 1.9, 1.9.1, 1.9.2—
djangoPyPIv < 1.8.10, 1.9a1 ≤ v < 1.9.3, 1.9 ≤ v < 1.9.31.8.10, 1.9.3

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