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.

Remediation

References

CVE-2016-2512

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Oracle JRE CVE-2012-0551 Vulnerability (CVE-2012-0551)

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WordPress Plugin HAL Cross-Site Scripting (2.1.1)

Severity

High

Classification

CVE-2016-2512 CWE-707 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N

Tags

Missing Update Known Vulnerabilities