CVE-2016-2512
python-django - security update
7.4
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 1.2%
Description
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.
How to fix CVE-2016-2512
To remediate CVE-2016-2512, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 1.9.4-1 or later
- —upgrade to 1.4.5-1+deb7u16 or later
- —upgrade to 1.8.10 or later
- —upgrade to c5544d289233f501917e25970c03ed444abbd4f0 or later
Is CVE-2016-2512 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 1.2%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (4)
- from 0, < 1.9.4-1
- from 0, < 1.4.5-1+deb7u16
- from 0, < 1.8.10
- from 0, < c5544d289233f501917e25970c03ed444abbd4f0 | from 0, < 1.8.10, >= 1.9, < 1.9.3
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 4.0 | — | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:H/SA:N |
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.4 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N |