CVE-2015-2317
MEDIUM severity · CVSS 4.3 · Cross-site scripting (XSS)
4.3CVSS MEDIUM
Summary
The utils.http.is_safe_url function in Django before 1.4.20, 1.5.x, 1.6.x before 1.6.11, 1.7.x before 1.7.7, and 1.8.x before 1.8c1 does not properly validate URLs, which allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via a control character in a URL, as demonstrated by a \x08javascript: URL.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorNetwork
Attack complexity—
Privileges required—
User interaction—
Confidentiality impactNone
Integrity impact—
Availability impactNone
Exploit probability (EPSS)3%
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
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://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/155421.htmlAdvisory
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-June/160263.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-04/msg00001.htmlAdvisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-09/msg00035.html
- http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2539-1Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3204Advisory
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:195
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2015-2511959.htmlAdvisory