PT-2016-5174 · Django Software Foundation+2 · Django+2

Mark Striemer

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Published

2016-03-01

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Updated

2024-06-15

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CVE-2016-2512

CVSS v3.1

7.4

High

VectorAV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Django versions 1.8.0 through 1.8.9 Django versions 1.9.0 through 1.9.2
Description The issue 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. This is demonstrated by a URL such as http://mysite.example.com@attacker.com, which could be used to trick users into revealing sensitive information.
Recommendations For Django versions 1.8.0 through 1.8.9, update to version 1.8.10 or later. For Django versions 1.9.0 through 1.9.2, update to version 1.9.3 or later.

Fix

XSS

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Weakness Enumeration

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2016-2173
CVE-2016-2512
DSA-3544-1
GHSA-PW27-W7W4-9QC7
MGASA-2016-0096
OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10361-1
PYSEC-2016-15
RHSA-2016:0502
RHSA-2016:0503
RHSA-2016:0504
RHSA-2016:0505
RHSA-2016:0506
SUSE-SU-2018:1102-1
SUSE-SU-2018:1828-1
SUSE-SU-2018:1830-1
USN-2915-1
USN-2915-2
USN-2915-3

Affected Products

Alt Linux
Django
Ubuntu