CVE-2015-0220

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The django.util.http.is_safe_url function in Django before 1.4.18, 1.6.x before 1.6.10, and 1.7.x before 1.7.3 does not

The django.util.http.is_safe_url function in Django before 1.4.18, 1.6.x before 1.6.10, and 1.7.x before 1.7.3 does not properly handle leading whitespaces, which allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via a crafted URL, related to redirect URLs, as demonstrated by a "\njavascript:" URL.

MEDIUM · CVSS 4.3 EPSS 0.02154

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Weakness Classification

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

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Affected Products & Versions

canonical ubuntu linuxall versions
djangoproject django<= 1.4.17
djangoproject djangoall versions

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Affected Packages

Language-ecosystem packages (from OSV) tied to this CVE, with the version that fixes it - the dependency-level detail NVD doesn’t carry.

PyPI django MODERATE fixed in 1.4.18

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Public Exploits & PoCs

pocwww.djangoproject.com · securitywww.djangoproject.com

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productmediumDjango Framework Exceptions

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Scoring & Timeline

4.3

MEDIUM · CVSS v2 (legacy) · secalert@redhat.com

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v2 Vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Published to NVD16 Jan 2015 · 04:59 PM

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Vendor Advisories

usnUSN-2469-1
suse-csafSUSE-SU-2015:0563-1
suse-csafSUSE-SU-2015:0695-1

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References & Sources

Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.

http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0026.html

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/148485.html

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/148608.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-04/msg00001.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-09/msg00035.html

http://secunia.com/advisories/62285

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http://secunia.com/advisories/62309

http://secunia.com/advisories/62718

http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2469-1

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:036

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:109

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