pysec-2015-9
Vulnerability from pysec
Published
2015-03-25 14:59
Modified
2021-09-01 08:35
Details

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.

Impacted products
Name purl
django pkg:pypi/django
Aliases


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{
  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "PyPI",
        "name": "django",
        "purl": "pkg:pypi/django"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "1.4.20"
            },
            {
              "introduced": "1.5"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "1.6.11"
            },
            {
              "introduced": "1.7"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "1.7.7"
            },
            {
              "introduced": "1.8a0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "1.8c1"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "1.0.1",
        "1.0.2",
        "1.0.3",
        "1.0.4",
        "1.1",
        "1.1.1",
        "1.1.2",
        "1.1.3",
        "1.1.4",
        "1.2",
        "1.2.1",
        "1.2.2",
        "1.2.3",
        "1.2.4",
        "1.2.5",
        "1.2.6",
        "1.2.7",
        "1.3",
        "1.3.1",
        "1.3.2",
        "1.3.3",
        "1.3.4",
        "1.3.5",
        "1.3.6",
        "1.3.7",
        "1.4",
        "1.4.1",
        "1.4.10",
        "1.4.11",
        "1.4.12",
        "1.4.13",
        "1.4.14",
        "1.4.15",
        "1.4.16",
        "1.4.17",
        "1.4.18",
        "1.4.19",
        "1.4.2",
        "1.4.3",
        "1.4.4",
        "1.4.5",
        "1.4.6",
        "1.4.7",
        "1.4.8",
        "1.4.9",
        "1.5",
        "1.5.1",
        "1.5.10",
        "1.5.11",
        "1.5.12",
        "1.5.2",
        "1.5.3",
        "1.5.4",
        "1.5.5",
        "1.5.6",
        "1.5.7",
        "1.5.8",
        "1.5.9",
        "1.6",
        "1.6.1",
        "1.6.10",
        "1.6.2",
        "1.6.3",
        "1.6.4",
        "1.6.5",
        "1.6.6",
        "1.6.7",
        "1.6.8",
        "1.6.9",
        "1.7",
        "1.7.1",
        "1.7.2",
        "1.7.3",
        "1.7.4",
        "1.7.5",
        "1.7.6",
        "1.8a1",
        "1.8b1",
        "1.8b2"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2015-2317"
  ],
  "details": "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.",
  "id": "PYSEC-2015-9",
  "modified": "2021-09-01T08:35:43.249549Z",
  "published": "2015-03-25T14:59:00Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2539-1"
    },
    {
      "type": "ARTICLE",
      "url": "https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2015/mar/18/security-releases/"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3204"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-04/msg00001.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:195"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/155421.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2015-2511959.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-June/160263.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/73319"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-09/msg00035.html"
    }
  ]
}


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