CVE-2015-2317

Aliases:GHSA-7fq8-4pv5-5w5cPYSEC-2015-9
Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 8
Modified
Published: 25 Mar 2015, 14:00
Last modified:06 Aug 2024, 05:10

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
low
18/100
CVSS Score
4.3 MEDIUM
v2.0 (nvd)
EPSS Score
2.88% LOW
3% probability -1.78%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

25 Mar 2015, 14:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
06 Aug 2024, 05:10
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

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.

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: 2.88%• Percentile: 87%

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

  • debian•debian_linux

    7.0

  • djangoproject•django

    ≤ 1.4.19 | 1.5 | 1.5:alpha | 1.5:beta | 1.5.1 | 1.5.2 | 1.5.3 | 1.5.4 | 1.5.5 | 1.5.6 | 1.5.7 | 1.5.8 | 1.5.9 | 1.5.10 | 1.5.11 | 1.5.12 | 1.6 | 1.6:beta1 | 1.6:beta2 | 1.6:beta3 | 1.6:beta4 | 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 | 1.6.10 | 1.7:beta1 | 1.7:beta2 | 1.7:beta3 | 1.7:beta4 | 1.7:rc1 | 1.7:rc2 | 1.7:rc3 | 1.7.1 | 1.7.2 | 1.7.3 | 1.7.4 | 1.7.5 | 1.7.6 | 1.8.0

  • fedoraproject•fedora

    22

  • opensuse•opensuse

    13.2

  • Unknown•Solaris

    11.2

  • PyPI•django

    < 1.4.20 | ≥ 1.5, < 1.6.11 | ≥ 1.7, < 1.7.7 | ≥ 1.8a1, < 1.8c1 | ≥ 1.8a0, < 1.8c1

References (19)