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CVE-2015-0220
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…
Medium4.3EPSS 3.0%
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- redhat
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium4.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 3.0% · top 12% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.3.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- PyPIDjangoGHSA-gv98-g628-m9x5 (opens in a new tab)
References (12)
- 62718 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- FEDORA-2015-0804 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- USN-2469-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- MDVSA-2015:036 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- 62285 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2015:1598 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2015/jan/13/security/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2015:0643 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- 62309 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- MDVSA-2015:109 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0026.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- FEDORA-2015-0714 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-gv98-g628-m9x5 (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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