CVE-2015-0220 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2015-0220

The django.util.http.is_safe_url function in Django before 1.4.18, 1.6.x before 1.6.10,...

Vulnerability 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.

Impact Analysis

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Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

ubuntu linux, django
Vulnerable Versions:
10.04, 12.04, 14.04, 14.10, 0, 1.6, 1.6.1, 1.6.2, 1.6.3, 1.6.4, 1.6.5, 1.6.6, 1.6.7, 1.6.8, 1.6.9, 1.7, 1.7.1, 1.7.2

Timeline

Official Publish: January 16th, 2015
Last Modified: August 6th, 2024
Added to House: July 19th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

Weaknesses (CWE)

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MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

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