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.

• CVE ID
• CVE-2016-2512

• Assigner
• cve@mitre.org

• Vulnerability Status
• Modified

• Published Version
• 2016-04-08T15:59:06

• Last Modified Date
• 2017-09-08T01:29:54

• Version
• 2.0

• Vector String
• AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

• Access Vector
• NETWORK

• Access Compatibility
• MEDIUM

• Authentication
• NONE

• Confidentiality Impact
• NONE

• Integrity Impact
• PARTIAL

• Availability Impact
• NONE

• Base Score
• 4.3

• Severity
• MEDIUM

• Exploitability Score
• 8.6

• Impact Score
• 2.9

• Version
• 3.0

• Vector String
• CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N

• Attack Vector
• NETWORK

• Attack Compatibility
• LOW

• Privileges Required
• NONE

• User Interaction
• REQUIRED

• Scope
• CHANGED

• Confidentiality Impact
• NONE

• Availability Impact
• NONE

• Base Score
• 7.4

• Base Severity
• HIGH

• Exploitability Score
• 2.8

• Impact Score
• 4