Description
The utils.http.is_safe_url function in Django before 1.4.20, 1.5.x, 1.6.x before 1.6.11, 1.7.x before 1.7.7, and 1.8.x before 1.8c1 does not properly validate URLs, which allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via a control character in a URL, as demonstrated by a \x08javascript: URL.
References (10)
Core 10
Core References
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_ubuntu
http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2539-1
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/73319
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_debian
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3204
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_fedora
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/155421.html
Mailing List vendor-advisory
x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-09/msg00035.html
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2015-2511959.html
Broken Link vendor-advisory
x_refsource_mandriva
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:195
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-04/msg00001.html
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_fedora
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-June/160263.html
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2015/mar/18/security-releases/
Scores
EPSS
0.0288
EPSS Percentile
86.5%
Details
CWE
CWE-79
Status
published
Products (38)
canonical/ubuntu_linux
10.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux
12.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux
14.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux
14.10
debian/debian_linux
7.0
djangoproject/django
1.5 (3 CPE variants)
djangoproject/django
1.5.1
djangoproject/django
1.5.2
djangoproject/django
1.5.3
djangoproject/django
1.5.4
... and 28 more
Published
Mar 25, 2015
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026