CVE-2014-0480
MEDIUM severity · CVSS 5.8 · Improper input validation
5.8CVSS MEDIUM
Summary
The core.urlresolvers.reverse function in Django before 1.4.14, 1.5.x before 1.5.9, 1.6.x before 1.6.6, and 1.7 before release candidate 3 does not properly validate URLs, which allows remote attackers to conduct phishing attacks via a // (slash slash) in a URL, which triggers a scheme-relative URL to be generated.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorNetwork
Attack complexity—
Privileges required—
User interaction—
Confidentiality impact—
Integrity impact—
Availability impactNone
Exploit probability (EPSS)1%
AV:N/AC:M/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.
Official patch: https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2014/aug/20/security/ ↗
Additional information
- NVD record
- https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2014/aug/20/security/Patch
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-09/msg00023.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/59782
- http://secunia.com/advisories/61276
- http://secunia.com/advisories/61281
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3010
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/69425
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-09/msg00023.html