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TI-2016-02264 Aliases CVE-2016-2512GHSA-pw27-w7w4-9qc7

The utils.http.is_safe_url function in Django before 1.8.10 and 1.9.x before 1.9.3 allows…

Priority LOW 39CWE-79Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
Required
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Cross-site scripting
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · High · None
Fix status
Partial Red Hat: 5 fixed, 3 without a fix

Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA, GitHub and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-79.

Summary

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.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.04053 90th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Partial Django (PyPI): 1.8.10, 1.9.3Red Hat: 5 advisoriesRed Hat: 5 fixed, 3 without a fix

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
—Django (PyPI)before 1.8.101.8.10Patch availableGHSA-pw27-w7w4-9qc7
—Django (PyPI)1.9a1 to before 1.9.31.9.3Patch availableGHSA-pw27-w7w4-9qc7
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
  • Django (PyPI) Vendor— Affected before 1.8.10 Fixed in 1.8.10 Patch available GHSA-pw27-w7w4-9qc7
  • Django (PyPI) Vendor— Affected 1.9a1 to before 1.9.3 Fixed in 1.9.3 Patch available GHSA-pw27-w7w4-9qc7

CPE configurations NVD · 4

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:djangoproject:django:1.8.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.8.9Vulnerabledjangoproject
cpe:2.3:a:djangoproject:django:1.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.9Vulnerabledjangoproject
cpe:2.3:a:djangoproject:django:1.9.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.9.1Vulnerabledjangoproject
cpe:2.3:a:djangoproject:django:1.9.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.9.2Vulnerabledjangoproject
  • cpe:2.3:a:djangoproject:django:1.8.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.8.9 Vulnerable ·djangoproject
  • cpe:2.3:a:djangoproject:django:1.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.9 Vulnerable ·djangoproject
  • cpe:2.3:a:djangoproject:django:1.9.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.9.1 Vulnerable ·djangoproject
  • cpe:2.3:a:djangoproject:django:1.9.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.9.2 Vulnerable ·djangoproject

Remediation

  • Fix · GHSA-pw27-w7w4-9qc7 Django (PyPI) Fixed in 1.8.10 Advisory →
  • Fix · GHSA-pw27-w7w4-9qc7 Django (PyPI) Fixed in 1.9.3 Advisory →

Red Hat 5 advisories

  • RHSA-2016:0502 Released 2016-03-24 · Red Hat rating Moderate
    python-django security update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5.0 (Icehouse) for RHEL 6 python-django-1.6.11-5.el6ost, python-django-bash-completion-1.6.11-5.el6ost, python-django-doc-1.6.11-5.el6ost
  • RHSA-2016:0503 Released 2016-03-24 · Red Hat rating Moderate
    python-django security update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 7.0 Operational Tools for RHEL 7 python-django-1.6.11-5.el7ost, python-django-bash-completion-1.6.11-5.el7ost
  • RHSA-2016:0504 Released 2016-03-24 · Red Hat rating Moderate
    python-django security update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 7.0 (Kilo) for RHEL 7 python-django-1.8.11-1.el7ost, python-django-bash-completion-1.8.11-1.el7ost, python-django-doc-1.8.11-1.el7ost
Show 2 more Red Hat advisories
  • RHSA-2016:0505 Released 2016-03-24 · Red Hat rating Moderate
    python-django security update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 6.0 (Juno) for RHEL 7 python-django-1.6.11-5.el7ost, python-django-bash-completion-1.6.11-5.el7ost, python-django-doc-1.6.11-5.el7ost
  • RHSA-2016:0506 Released 2016-03-24 · Red Hat rating Moderate
    python-django security update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5.0 (Icehouse) for RHEL 7 python-django-1.6.11-5.el7ost, python-django-bash-completion-1.6.11-5.el7ost, python-django-doc-1.6.11-5.el7ost

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat Ceph Storage 1.2AffectedNo fix yet
Red Hat Ceph Storage 1.3AffectedNo fix yet
Red Hat Subscription Asset ManagerAffectedNo fix yet
Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5.0 (Icehouse) for RHEL 6Fixed RHSA-2016:0502
Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5.0 (Icehouse) for RHEL 7Fixed RHSA-2016:0506
Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 6.0 (Juno) for RHEL 7Fixed RHSA-2016:0505
Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 7.0 (Kilo) for RHEL 7Fixed RHSA-2016:0504
Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 7.0 Operational Tools for RHEL 7Fixed RHSA-2016:0503
Not affected: 2 products
  • Red Hat OpenStack Platform 8 (Liberty)
  • Red Hat OpenStack Platform 8 (Liberty) Operational Tools

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2016-2512
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-pw27-w7w4-9qc7

References

Advisory 10

Other 9

  • TI-2022-15177 An issue was discovered in Django 3.2 before 3.2.14 and 4.0 before 4.0.6. CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2020-05994 Django 1.11 before 1.11.28, 2.2 before 2.2.10, and 3.0 before 3.0.3 allows SQL Injection… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2023-10198 An issue was discovered in the Multipart Request Parser in Django 3.2 before 3.2.18, 4.0… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2019-14306 Django before 1.11.27, 2.x before 2.2.9, and 3.x before 3.0.1 allows account takeover. CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2019-10595 An issue was discovered in Django 1.11.x before 1.11.23, 2.1.x before 2.1.11, and 2.2.x… CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2021-14006 Django 3.1.x before 3.1.13 and 3.2.x before 3.2.5 allows QuerySet.order_by SQL injection… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
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