CVE-2012-4520
MEDIUM severity · CVSS 6.4 · Improper input validation
6.4CVSS MEDIUM
Summary
The django.http.HttpRequest.get_host function in Django 1.3.x before 1.3.4 and 1.4.x before 1.4.2 allows remote attackers to generate and display arbitrary URLs via crafted username and password Host header values.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorNetwork
Attack complexityLow
Privileges required—
User interaction—
Confidentiality impact—
Integrity impact—
Availability impactNone
Exploit probability (EPSS)4%
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
Affected products we track (1)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix in your normal patch cycle. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Additional information
- NVD record
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51033Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51314Advisory
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=691145
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-October/090666.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-October/090904.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-October/090970.html
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1027708
- http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1632-1