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    CVE-2016-2512

    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.

    Published:Mar 1, 2016
    Last Modified:Apr 12, 2025
    EPS:Apr 8, 2016
    EPSS Score:0.00458
    CVSS Score:7.4

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Djangoproject
    Product
    Django
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Openstack
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Openstack-optools

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

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    References

    http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0502.html
    http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0504.html
    http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0505.html
    http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0506.html
    http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3544
    http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/83879
    http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035152
    http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2915-1
    http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2915-2
    http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2915-3
    https://github.com/django/django/commit/c5544d289233f501917e25970c03ed444abbd4f0
    https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2016/mar/01/security-releases/
    http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0502.html
    http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0504.html
    http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0505.html
    http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0506.html
    http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3544
    http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/83879
    http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035152
    http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2915-1
    http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2915-2
    http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2915-3
    https://github.com/django/django/commit/c5544d289233f501917e25970c03ed444abbd4f0
    https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2016/mar/01/security-releases/

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