CVE-2015-0220

Aliases:GHSA-gv98-g628-m9x5PYSEC-2015-5
Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 6
Modified
Published: 16 Jan 2015, 16:00
Last modified:06 Aug 2024, 04:03

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
28/100
CVSS Score
4.3 MEDIUM
v2.0 (nvd)
EPSS Score
2.15% LOW
2% probability -0.39%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
1 found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

16 Jan 2015, 16:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
06 Aug 2024, 04:03
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

The django.util.http.is_safe_url function in Django before 1.4.18, 1.6.x before 1.6.10, and 1.7.x before 1.7.3 does not properly handle leading whitespaces, which allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via a crafted URL, related to redirect URLs, as demonstrated by a "\njavascript:" URL.

CVSS Metrics

  • v4.0•MEDIUM•Score: 5.3CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N
  • v3.1•MEDIUM•Score: 6.1CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
  • v2.0•MEDIUM•Score: 4.3AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 2.15%• Percentile: 85%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-79•Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

    The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users.

Affected Systems

  • canonical•ubuntu_linux

    10.04 | 12.04 | 14.04 | 14.10

  • djangoproject•django

    ≤ 1.4.17 | 1.6 | 1.6.1 | 1.6.2 | 1.6.3 | 1.6.4 | 1.6.5 | 1.6.6 | 1.6.7 | 1.6.8 | 1.6.9 | 1.7 | 1.7.1 | 1.7.2

  • PyPI•django

    < 1.4.18 | ≥ 1.6, < 1.6.10 | ≥ 1.7, < 1.7.3

References (24)