CVE-2014-3730

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Published 2014-05-16 · Modified 2023-11-08
CVSS v3
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CVSS v2
4.3
VIR risk
4.3

Description

The django.util.http.is_safe_url function in Django 1.4 before 1.4.13, 1.5 before 1.5.8, 1.6 before 1.6.5, and 1.7 before 1.7b4 does not properly validate URLs, which allows remote attackers to conduct open redirect attacks via a malformed URL, as demonstrated by "http:\\\djangoproject.com."

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
30%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-3730

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: security@debian.org — https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2014/may/14/security-releases-issued/

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
ubuntu ubuntu10.04affected
ubuntu ubuntu12.04affected
ubuntu ubuntu12.10affected
ubuntu ubuntu13.10affected
ubuntu ubuntu14.04affected
suse suse12.3affected
suse suse13.1affected
debian debian7.0affected
debian debian8.0affected
debian debianbookwormfixed1.6.5-1
debian debianbullseyefixed1.6.5-1
debian debianforkyfixed1.6.5-1
debian debiansidfixed1.6.5-1
debian debiantrixiefixed1.6.5-1

Package impact

EcosystemPackageVulnerableFixed
python PyPIdjango>=1.4,<1.4.131.4.13
python PyPIdjango>=1.5,<1.5.81.5.8
python PyPIdjango>=1.6,<1.6.51.6.5
python PyPIdjango>=1.7a1,<1.7b41.7b4
python PyPIdjango>=1.7a0,<1.7b41.4.13

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
djangoprojectdjango1.4
djangoprojectdjango1.4.1
djangoprojectdjango1.4.2
djangoprojectdjango1.4.4
djangoprojectdjango1.4.5
djangoprojectdjango1.4.6
djangoprojectdjango1.4.7
djangoprojectdjango1.4.8
djangoprojectdjango1.4.9
djangoprojectdjango1.4.10
djangoprojectdjango1.4.11
djangoprojectdjango1.4.12
djangoprojectdjango1.7
djangoprojectdjango1.6
djangoprojectdjango1.6.1
djangoprojectdjango1.6.2
djangoprojectdjango1.6.3
djangoprojectdjango1.6.4
djangoprojectdjango1.5
djangoprojectdjango1.5.1
djangoprojectdjango1.5.2
djangoprojectdjango1.5.3
djangoprojectdjango1.5.4
djangoprojectdjango1.5.5
djangoprojectdjango1.5.6
djangoprojectdjango1.5.7

References

CWEs

CWE-20

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.