FKIE_CVE-2016-2512
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2016-04-08 15:59 - Updated: 2026-06-17 00:44
Severity
Summary
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.
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| djangoproject | django | 1.8.9 | |
| djangoproject | django | 1.9 | |
| djangoproject | django | 1.9.1 | |
| djangoproject | django | 1.9.2 |
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