CVE-2015-0220
Description
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.
Predictions
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
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OS impact
Ubuntu Affected 4 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| 14.10 | Affected | — |
| 14.04 | Affected | — |
| 12.04 | Affected | — |
| 10.04 | Affected | — |
Debian Fixed 5 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 1.7.1-1.1 |
| sid | Fixed | 1.7.1-1.1 |
| forky | Fixed | 1.7.1-1.1 |
| bullseye | Fixed | 1.7.1-1.1 |
| bookworm | Fixed | 1.7.1-1.1 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| djangoproject | django | {"endIncluding":"1.4.17"} | |
| djangoproject | django | 1.6 | |
| djangoproject | django | 1.6.1 | |
| djangoproject | django | 1.6.2 | |
| djangoproject | django | 1.6.3 | |
| djangoproject | django | 1.6.4 | |
| djangoproject | django | 1.6.5 | |
| djangoproject | django | 1.6.6 | |
| djangoproject | django | 1.6.7 | |
| djangoproject | django | 1.6.8 | |
| djangoproject | django | 1.6.9 | |
| djangoproject | django | 1.7 | |
| djangoproject | django | 1.7.1 | |
| djangoproject | django | 1.7.2 | |
References
- 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
- 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
- https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2015/jan/13/security/
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-0220
- https://github.com/django/django/commit/4c241f1b710da6419d9dca160e80b23b82db7758
- https://github.com/django/django/commit/72e0b033662faa11bb7f516f18a132728aa0ae28
- https://github.com/django/django/commit/de67dedc771ad2edec15c1d00c083a1a084e1e89
- https://github.com/django/django
- https://github.com/django/django/blob/4555a823fd57e261e1b19c778429473256c8ea08/docs/releases/1.4.18.txt#L34-L46
- https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/django/PYSEC-2015-5.yaml
- https://web.archive.org/web/20150128111656/http://secunia.com/advisories/62285
- https://web.archive.org/web/20150523054951/http://www.mandriva.com/en/support/security/advisories/advisory/MDVSA-2015:109/?name=MDVSA-2015:109
- https://web.archive.org/web/20150523054953/http://www.mandriva.com/en/support/security/advisories/advisory/MDVSA-2015:036/?name=MDVSA-2015:036
- https://web.archive.org/web/20151104201446/http://secunia.com/advisories/62718
- https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2015/jan/13/security
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-0220
CWEs
CWE-79
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