CVE-2016-2512

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    CVE-2016-2512

    Published: 8 Apr 2016Last Modified: 8 Jul 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/83879, http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035152, 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.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2915-1, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2915-2, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2915-3, https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2016/mar/01/security-releases/, https://github.com/django/django/commit/c5544d289233f501917e25970c03ed444abbd4f0

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name:

    Purl:

    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- c982190acf7bcfba5e78a7505a45774916865569
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    1.8.9

    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