UBUNTU-CVE-2015-2317

Advisory lineage Upstream: 1 Downstream: 1
Upstream
CVE-2015-2317
Downstream
USN-2539-1
Published: 19 Mar 2015, 00:00
Last modified:04 Feb 2026, 03:56

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
minimal
0/100
CVSS Score
No data
EPSS Score
No data
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

19 Mar 2015, 00:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
04 Feb 2026, 03:56
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.

Affected Systems

  • ubuntu•python-django

    < 1.6.1-2ubuntu0.8

References (4)