CVE-2015-2317

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.

• CWE-79

• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/155421.htmlThird Party Advisory
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-June/160263.html
• https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-04/msg00001.htmlThird Party Advisory
• https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-09/msg00035.html
• https://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2539-1Third Party Advisory
• https://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3204Third Party Advisory
• https://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:195Broken Link
• https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2015-2511959.htmlThird Party Advisory
• https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/73319
• https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2015/mar/18/security-releases/Vendor Advisory
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/155421.htmlThird Party Advisory
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-June/160263.html
• https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-04/msg00001.htmlThird Party Advisory
• https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-09/msg00035.html
• https://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2539-1Third Party Advisory
• https://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3204Third Party Advisory
• https://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:195Broken Link
• https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2015-2511959.htmlThird Party Advisory
• https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/73319
• https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2015/mar/18/security-releases/Vendor Advisory

Published

Mar 25, 2015

Last Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Status

Modified

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