CVE-2015-0220
MEDIUM6.1EPSS 2.2%Django Cross-site Scripting Vulnerability
Published: 5/17/2022Modified: 4/28/2026
Description
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.
Affected packages (3)
- Debian/python-djangofrom 0, < 1.7.1-1.1
- PyPI/djangofrom 0, < 1.4.18
- PyPI/djangofrom 0, < 1.4.18, >= 1.5, < 1.6.10, >= 1.7, < 1.7.3
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:L/SI:L/SA:N |
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM6.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N |
References (25)
- ADVISORYhttp://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0026.html
- ADVISORYhttp://secunia.com/advisories/62285
- ADVISORYhttp://secunia.com/advisories/62309
- ADVISORYhttp://secunia.com/advisories/62718
- ADVISORYhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-0220
- ADVISORYhttps://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-0220
- ADVISORYhttps://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2015/jan/13/security/
- ADVISORYhttp://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:036
- ADVISORYhttp://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:109
- PATCHhttps://github.com/django/django
- WEBhttp://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/148485.html
- WEBhttp://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/148608.html
- WEBhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-04/msg00001.html
- WEBhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-09/msg00035.html
- WEBhttps://github.com/django/django/blob/4555a823fd57e261e1b19c778429473256c8ea08/docs/releases/1.4.18.txt#L34-L46
- WEBhttps://github.com/django/django/commit/4c241f1b710da6419d9dca160e80b23b82db7758
- WEBhttps://github.com/django/django/commit/72e0b033662faa11bb7f516f18a132728aa0ae28
- WEBhttps://github.com/django/django/commit/de67dedc771ad2edec15c1d00c083a1a084e1e89
- WEBhttps://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/django/PYSEC-2015-5.yaml
- WEBhttps://web.archive.org/web/20150128111656/http://secunia.com/advisories/62285
- WEBhttps://web.archive.org/web/20150523054951/http://www.mandriva.com/en/support/security/advisories/advisory/MDVSA-2015:109/?name=MDVSA-2015:109
- WEBhttps://web.archive.org/web/20150523054953/http://www.mandriva.com/en/support/security/advisories/advisory/MDVSA-2015:036/?name=MDVSA-2015:036
- WEBhttps://web.archive.org/web/20151104201446/http://secunia.com/advisories/62718
- WEBhttps://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2015/jan/13/security
- WEBhttp://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2469-1