DEBIAN-CVE-2016-2512

DEBIAN-CVE-2016-2512 PUBLISHED CVSS 7.400000095367432 HIGH

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.

Risk Scores

CVSS v3.0

7.400000095367432

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Debian:13	python-django	0, 0, 0
Debian:14	python-django	0, 0, 0
Debian:11	python-django	0, 0, 0
Debian:12	python-django	0, 0, 0

Timeline

Apr 8, 2016 CVE Published
Apr 28, 2026 CVE Updated

References

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-2512 advisory

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