CVE-2012-3442

medium

Description

The (1) django.http.HttpResponseRedirect and (2) django.http.HttpResponsePermanentRedirect classes in Django before 1.3.2 and 1.4.x before 1.4.1 do not validate the scheme of a redirect target, which might allow remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via a data: URL.

References

https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2012/jul/30/security-releases-issued/

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1560-1

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/07/31/2

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/07/31/1

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:143

http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2529

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2012-07-31

Updated: 2013-04-11

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 4.3

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Severity: Medium