CVE-2013-6044

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    CVE-2013-6044

    Published: 4 Oct 2013Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: The is_safe_url function in utils/http.py in Django 1.4.x before 1.4.6, 1.5.x before 1.5.2, and 1.6 before beta 2 treats a URL's scheme as safe even if it is not HTTP or HTTPS, which might introduce cross-site scripting (XSS) or other vulnerabilities into Django applications that use this function, as demonstrated by "the login view in django.contrib.auth.views" and the javascript: scheme.

    References: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1521.html, http://secunia.com/advisories/54476, http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2740, https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2013/aug/13/security-releases-issued, https://github.com/django/django/commit/1a274ccd6bc1afbdac80344c9b6e5810c1162b5f, https://github.com/django/django/commit/ae3535169af804352517b7fea94a42a1c9c4b762, https://github.com/django/django/commit/ec67af0bd609c412b76eaa4cc89968a2a8e5ad6a, https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2013/aug/13/security-releases-issued, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-10/msg00015.html, http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2013/q3/369, http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2013/q3/411, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/61777, http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1028915, https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/86437

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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