CVE-2016-2512
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…
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Description
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.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 49 days later
· 49 days later
Published
- 8 years later
· 8 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | High7.4 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 4.1% · top 9.3% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.4.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- PyPIDjangoGHSA-pw27-w7w4-9qc7 (opens in a new tab)
References (13)
- RHSA-2016:0506 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 1035152 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 83879 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- RHSA-2016:0504 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- DSA-3544 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- RHSA-2016:0502 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- USN-2915-3 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- USN-2915-2 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- RHSA-2016:0505 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- USN-2915-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2016/mar/01/security-releases/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://github.com/django/django/commit/c5544d289233f501917e25970c03ed444abbd4f0 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-pw27-w7w4-9qc7 (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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