ubuntu-cve-2016-2512
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2016-03-01 17:00
Modified
2025-09-08 16:43
Summary
Details

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
7.4 (High)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N
N/A (UNKNOWN)
medium
References
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{
  "affected": [
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "availability": "No subscription required",
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "python-django",
            "binary_version": "1.6.1-2ubuntu0.12"
          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:14.04:LTS",
        "name": "python-django",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/python-django@1.6.1-2ubuntu0.12?arch=source\u0026distro=trusty"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "1.6.1-2ubuntu0.12"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "1.5.4-1ubuntu1",
        "1.6-1",
        "1.6.1-1",
        "1.6.1-2",
        "1.6.1-2ubuntu0.1",
        "1.6.1-2ubuntu0.2",
        "1.6.1-2ubuntu0.3",
        "1.6.1-2ubuntu0.4",
        "1.6.1-2ubuntu0.5",
        "1.6.1-2ubuntu0.6",
        "1.6.1-2ubuntu0.8",
        "1.6.1-2ubuntu0.9",
        "1.6.1-2ubuntu0.10",
        "1.6.1-2ubuntu0.11"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "details": "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.",
  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2016-2512",
  "modified": "2025-09-08T16:43:39Z",
  "published": "2016-03-01T17:00:00Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-2512"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2016/mar/01/security-releases/"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2915-1"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-2512"
    }
  ],
  "related": [
    "USN-2915-1"
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "medium",
      "type": "Ubuntu"
    }
  ],
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2016-2512"
  ]
}



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