Fluid Attacks Database

Description

Django Cross-site Scripting Vulnerability 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.

Mitigation

Update Impact

Minimal update. May introduce new vulnerabilities or breaking changes.

Ecosystem	Component	Affected version	Patched versions
pypi	django	>=0 <1.4.18 \|\| >=1.6 <1.6.10 \|\| >=1.7 <1.7.3	1.4.18, 1.6.10, 1.7.3
debian 14	python-django	>=0 <1.7.1-1.1	1.7.1-1.1
debian 13	python-django	>=0 <1.7.1-1.1	1.7.1-1.1
debian 11	python-django	>=0 <1.7.1-1.1	1.7.1-1.1
debian 12	python-django	>=0 <1.7.1-1.1	1.7.1-1.1

Aliases

1. CVE-2015-02202. NVD-2015-02203. OSV-2015-02204. OSV-DEBIAN-2015-02205. GCVE-2015-02206. SECURITY-TRACKER-CVE-2015-0220

References

1. https://github.com/django/django/commit/4c241f1b710da6419d9dca160e80b23b82db77582. https://github.com/django/django/commit/72e0b033662faa11bb7f516f18a132728aa0ae283. https://github.com/django/django/commit/de67dedc771ad2edec15c1d00c083a1a084e1e894. https://github.com/django/django/blob/4555a823fd57e261e1b19c778429473256c8ea08/docs/releases/1.4.18.txt#L34-L465. https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/django/PYSEC-2015-5.yaml6. https://web.archive.org/web/20150523054951/http://www.mandriva.com/en/support/security/advisories/advisory/MDVSA-2015:109/?name=MDVSA-2015:1097. https://web.archive.org/web/20150523054953/http://www.mandriva.com/en/support/security/advisories/advisory/MDVSA-2015:036/?name=MDVSA-2015:0368. https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2015/jan/13/security9. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/148485.html10. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/148608.html11. http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-04/msg00001.html12. http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-09/msg00035.html13. http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2469-1

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