CVE-2016-2512 Information

Description

The utils.http.is_safe_url function in Django before 1.8.10 and 1.9.x before 1.9.3 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 as demonstrated by http://mysite.example.com\@attacker.com.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N

Reference

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0502.html http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0504.html http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0505.html http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0506.html http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3544 http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/83879 http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035152 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2915-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2915-2 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2915-3 https://github.com/django/django/commit/c5544d289233f501917e25970c03ed444abbd4f0 https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2016/mar/01/security-releases/ The utils.http.is_safe_url function in Django before 1.8.10 and 1.9.x before 1.9.3 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 as demonstrated by http://mysite.example.com\@attacker.com.

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact

CHANGED

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score

NONE

Base Severity

7.4