CVE-2012-3442

Django < 1.3 - XSS

Title source: rule

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.

References (6)

[Vendor Advisory] http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:143

[Vendor Advisory] http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1560-1

[Patch, Vendor Advisory] https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2012/jul/30/security-releases-issued/

[Third Party Advisory] http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2529

[Mailing List] http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/07/31/1

[Mailing List] http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/07/31/2

Scores

EPSS 0.0044

EPSS Percentile 63.0%

Classification

CWE

CWE-79

Status published

Affected Products (31)

djangoproject/django < 1.3

djangoproject/django

djangoproject/django

djangoproject/django

djangoproject/django

djangoproject/django

djangoproject/django

djangoproject/django

djangoproject/django

djangoproject/django

djangoproject/django

djangoproject/django

djangoproject/django

djangoproject/django

djangoproject/django

... and 16 more

Timeline

Published Jul 31, 2012

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026