CVE-2015-2317
medium
CVSS v3
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CVSS v2
4.3
VIR risk
4.3
Description
The utils.http.is_safe_url function in Django before 1.4.20, 1.5.x, 1.6.x before 1.6.11, 1.7.x before 1.7.7, and 1.8.x before 1.8c1 does not properly validate URLs, which allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via a control character in a URL, as demonstrated by a \x08javascript: URL.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
30%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-2317
Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2015/mar/18/security-releases/
OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| fedora | 22 | affected | |
| debian | 7.0 | affected | |
| ubuntu | 10.04 | affected | |
| ubuntu | 12.04 | affected | |
| ubuntu | 14.04 | affected | |
| ubuntu | 14.10 | affected | |
| suse | 13.2 | affected | |
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 1.7.7-1 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 1.7.7-1 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 1.7.7-1 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 1.7.7-1 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 1.7.7-1 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| djangoproject | django | {"endIncluding":"1.4.19"} | |
| djangoproject | django | 1.5 | |
| djangoproject | django | 1.5.1 | |
| djangoproject | django | 1.5.2 | |
| djangoproject | django | 1.5.3 | |
| djangoproject | django | 1.5.4 | |
| djangoproject | django | 1.5.5 | |
| djangoproject | django | 1.5.6 | |
| djangoproject | django | 1.5.7 | |
| djangoproject | django | 1.5.8 | |
| djangoproject | django | 1.5.9 | |
| djangoproject | django | 1.5.10 | |
| djangoproject | django | 1.5.11 | |
| djangoproject | django | 1.5.12 | |
| djangoproject | django | 1.6 | |
| djangoproject | django | 1.6.1 | |
| djangoproject | django | 1.6.2 | |
| djangoproject | django | 1.6.3 | |
| djangoproject | django | 1.6.4 | |
| djangoproject | django | 1.6.5 | |
| djangoproject | django | 1.6.6 | |
| djangoproject | django | 1.6.7 | |
| djangoproject | django | 1.6.8 | |
| djangoproject | django | 1.6.9 | |
| djangoproject | django | 1.6.10 | |
| djangoproject | django | 1.7 | |
| djangoproject | django | 1.7.1 | |
| djangoproject | django | 1.7.2 | |
| djangoproject | django | 1.7.3 | |
| djangoproject | django | 1.7.4 | |
| djangoproject | django | 1.7.5 | |
| djangoproject | django | 1.7.6 | |
| djangoproject | django | 1.8.0 | |
References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-2317
- https://github.com/django/django/commit/2342693b31f740a422abf7267c53b4e7bc487c1b
- https://github.com/django/django/commit/2a4113dbd532ce952308992633d802dc169a75f1
- https://github.com/django/django/commit/5510f070711540aaa8d3707776cd77494e688ef9
- https://github.com/django/django/commit/770427c2896a078925abfca2317486b284d22f04
- https://github.com/django/django
- https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/django/PYSEC-2015-9.yaml
- https://web.archive.org/web/20200228131706/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/73319
- https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2015/mar/18/security-releases
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/155421.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-June/160263.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-04/msg00001.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-09/msg00035.html
- http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2539-1
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3204
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:195
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2015-2511959.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/73319
- https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2015/mar/18/security-releases/
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-2317
CWEs
CWE-79
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.