XSS in Djangoproject Django

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.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published · last modified .

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.4 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.041 (90.3th percentile), scored .

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 90th percentile — 90.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2016-2512: held from 0.040 to 0.041.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.040 · newest: 0.041 · change: +0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-2512?
CVE-2016-2512 is a high-severity vulnerability in Djangoproject Django, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 7.4/10. Published 2016-04-08.
How severe is CVE-2016-2512?
High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.4 out of 10.