CVE-2012-4520
- Source
- https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-4520
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2012-4520.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2012-4520
- Aliases
- Downstream
- Withdrawn
- 2026-01-27T04:11:20.785928Z
- Published
- 2012-11-18T23:55:01Z
- Modified
- 2026-01-27T04:11:20.785928Z
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
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The django.http.HttpRequest.get_host function in Django 1.3.x before 1.3.4 and 1.4.x before 1.4.2 allows remote attackers to generate and display arbitrary URLs via crafted username and password Host header values.
- References
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- http://secunia.com/advisories/51033
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51314
- http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2634
- https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2012/oct/17/security/
- https://github.com/django/django/commit/92d3430f12171f16f566c9050c40feefb830a4a3
- https://github.com/django/django/commit/9305c0e12d43c4df999c3301a1f0c742264a657e
- https://github.com/django/django/commit/b45c377f8f488955e0c7069cad3f3dd21910b071
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=865164
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=691145
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-October/090666.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-October/090904.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-October/090970.html
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1027708
- http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1632-1
- http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1757-1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/30/4
- http://www.osvdb.org/86493