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CVE-2016-2512: Django XSS Vulnerability

May 17, 2022 (updated September 18, 2024)

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.

References

  • github.com/advisories/GHSA-pw27-w7w4-9qc7
  • github.com/django/django
  • github.com/django/django/commit/382ab137312961ad62feb8109d70a5a581fe8350
  • github.com/django/django/commit/c5544d289233f501917e25970c03ed444abbd4f0
  • github.com/django/django/commit/fc6d147a63f89795dbcdecb0559256470fff4380
  • github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/django/PYSEC-2016-15.yaml
  • nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-2512
  • web.archive.org/web/20210123090815/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/83879
  • web.archive.org/web/20210413200202/http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035152
  • www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2016/mar/01/security-releases

Code Behaviors & Features

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Affected versions

All versions starting from 1.9a1 before 1.9.3, all versions before 1.8.10

Fixed versions

  • 1.8.10
  • 1.9.3

Solution

Upgrade to versions 1.8.10, 1.9.3 or above.

Impact 7.4 HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N

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Weakness

  • CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

Source file

pypi/Django/CVE-2016-2512.yml

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