DEBIAN-CVE-2016-2512

Advisory lineage Upstream: 1 Downstream: 1
Upstream
CVE-2016-2512
Downstream
DSA-3544-1
Published: 08 Apr 2016, 15:59
Last modified:28 Apr 2026, 20:15

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
30/100
CVSS Score
7.4 HIGH
3.0 (osv_debian)
EPSS Score
No data
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

08 Apr 2016, 15:59
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
28 Apr 2026, 20:15
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

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 Metrics

  • v3.0•HIGH•Score: 7.4CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N

Affected Systems

  • debian•python-django

    < 1.9.4-1 | < 1.9.4-1 | < 1.9.4-1 | < 1.9.4-1

References (1)