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CVE-2016-2512 Details

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:7.4 HIGHVector:CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0502.html CVE
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0504.html CVE
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0505.html CVE
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0506.html CVE
https://github.com/django/django/commit/c5544d289233f501917e25970c03ed444abbd4f0 CVE

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-79Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
djangoproject django
1.8.9
1.9
1.9.1
1.9.2

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:djangoproject:django:1.8.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:djangoproject:django:1.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:djangoproject:django:1.9.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:djangoproject:django:1.9.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

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QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2016-2512
NVD Published Date:
Apr 8, 2016
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 17, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2016-2512 Details - Not Deferred