Description
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.
Published: 2016-04-08
Score: 7.4 High
EPSS: 1.2% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-3544-1 python-django security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2016-0004 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.
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-pw27-w7w4-9qc7 Django XSS Vulnerability
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-2915-1 Django vulnerabilities
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-05T23:32:20.686Z

Reserved: 2016-02-19T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2016-2512

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2016-04-08T15:59:06.183

Modified: 2026-05-06T22:30:45.220

Link: CVE-2016-2512

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2016-03-01T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2016-2512 - Bugzilla

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