Django 1.10 before 1.10.7, 1.9 before 1.9.13, and 1.8 before 1.8.18 relies on user input in some cases to redirect the user to an "on success" URL. The security check for these redirects (namely ``django.utils.http.is_safe_url()``) considered some numeric URLs "safe" when they shouldn't be, aka an open redirect vulnerability. Also, if a developer relies on ``is_safe_url()`` to provide safe redirect targets and puts such a URL into a link, they could suffer from an XSS attack.
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.0 Base Score: 6.1
- CVSS 3.0 Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N)
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine Linux | alpine-linux-upgrade-py-djangoalpine-linux-upgrade-py3-django | Aug 30, 2017 | Apr 4, 2017 | |
| Arch Linux | arch-linux-upgrade-latest | Jul 11, 2025 | Apr 4, 2017 | |
| Debian | debian-upgrade-python-django | Apr 5, 2017 | Apr 4, 2017 | |
| Freebsd | freebsd-upgrade-package-py27-djangofreebsd-upgrade-package-py33-djangofreebsd-upgrade-package-py34-djangofreebsd-upgrade-package-py35-djangofreebsd-upgrade-package-py36-djangofreebsd-upgrade-package-py27-django18freebsd-upgrade-package-py33-django18freebsd-upgrade-package-py34-django18freebsd-upgrade-package-py35-django18freebsd-upgrade-package-py36-django18freebsd-upgrade-package-py27-django19freebsd-upgrade-package-py33-django19freebsd-upgrade-package-py34-django19freebsd-upgrade-package-py35-django19freebsd-upgrade-package-py36-django19freebsd-upgrade-package-py27-django110freebsd-upgrade-package-py33-django110freebsd-upgrade-package-py34-django110freebsd-upgrade-package-py35-django110freebsd-upgrade-package-py36-django110 | Apr 4, 2017 | Apr 4, 2017 | |
| Suse | — | suse-upgrade-python-django | Mar 28, 2018 | Apr 4, 2017 |
| Ubuntu | ubuntu-upgrade-python-djangoubuntu-upgrade-python3-django | Apr 5, 2017 | Apr 4, 2017 |
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