CVSS 3.0
7.4 highCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:NCVE-2016-2512
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.
Severity
- EPSS
- 4.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 90% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- CWE
- CWE-79
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- djangoproject:django
Packages (OSV)
| Advisory | Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GHSA-pw27-w7w4-9qc7 | PyPI | django | <1.8.10 | 1.8.10 |
| GHSA-pw27-w7w4-9qc7 | PyPI | django | >=1.9a1 <1.9.3 | 1.9.3 |
| PYSEC-2016-15 | PyPI | django | <1.8.10 >=1.9 <1.9.3 | 1.8.10, 1.9.3 |