Description
Django 1.10 before 1.10.7, 1.9 before 1.9.13, and 1.8 before 1.8.18 relies on user input in some cases to redirect the user to an "on success" URL. The security check for these redirects (namely ``django.utils.http.is_safe_url()``) considered some numeric URLs "safe" when they shouldn't be, aka an open redirect vulnerability. Also, if a developer relies on ``is_safe_url()`` to provide safe redirect targets and puts such a URL into a link, they could suffer from an XSS attack.
References (11)
Core 11
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038177
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_redhat
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1596
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97406
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_redhat
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3093
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_debian
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3835
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_redhat
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1445
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_redhat
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1451
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_redhat
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2927
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_redhat
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1470
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2017/apr/04/security-releases/
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_redhat
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1462
Scores
CVSS v3
6.1
EPSS
0.0238
EPSS Percentile
81.7%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Details
CWE
CWE-601
Status
published
Products (39)
djangoproject/django
1.8.0 (5 CPE variants)
djangoproject/django
1.8.1
djangoproject/django
1.8.2
djangoproject/django
1.8.3
djangoproject/django
1.8.4
djangoproject/django
1.8.5
djangoproject/django
1.8.6
djangoproject/django
1.8.7
djangoproject/django
1.8.8
djangoproject/django
1.8.9
... and 29 more
Published
Apr 04, 2017
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026