UBUNTU-CVE-2015-0220

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2015-0220

    Published: 13 Jan 2015Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2015-0220
    Aliases:
    USN-2469-1

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-0220, https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2015/jan/13/security/, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2469-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-0220

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: python-django

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.6.1-2ubuntu0.6

    Affected versions

    1.5.4-1ubuntu1

    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