CVE-2016-2512
- Source
- https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-2512
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-2512.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2016-2512
- Aliases
- Downstream
- Related
- Published
- 2016-04-08T15:59:06.183Z
- Modified
- 2026-05-17T11:54:38.991870230Z
- Severity
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- 7.4 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
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The utils.http.issafeurl 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.
- References
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- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/83879
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035152
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0502.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0504.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0505.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0506.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3544
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2915-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2915-2
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2915-3
- https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2016/mar/01/security-releases/
- https://github.com/django/django/commit/c5544d289233f501917e25970c03ed444abbd4f0