CVE-2016-2512
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.
Predictions
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
Debian Fixed 5 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 1.9.4-1 |
| sid | Fixed | 1.9.4-1 |
| forky | Fixed | 1.9.4-1 |
| bullseye | Fixed | 1.9.4-1 |
| bookworm | Fixed | 1.9.4-1 |
References
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0502.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0504.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0505.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0506.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3544
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/83879
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035152
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2915-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2915-2
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2915-3
- https://github.com/django/django/commit/c5544d289233f501917e25970c03ed444abbd4f0
- https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2016/mar/01/security-releases/
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-2512
- https://github.com/django/django/commit/382ab137312961ad62feb8109d70a5a581fe8350
- https://github.com/django/django/commit/fc6d147a63f89795dbcdecb0559256470fff4380
- https://github.com/django/django
- https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/django/PYSEC-2016-15.yaml
- https://web.archive.org/web/20210123090815/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/83879
- https://web.archive.org/web/20210413200202/http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035152
- https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2016/mar/01/security-releases
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-2512
CWEs
CWE-79
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.