CVE-2012-3442

critical

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

Advisories
More

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

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

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

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

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2012-07-31

Updated: 2026-04-16

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: 6.1

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Severity: Medium

CVSS v4

Base Score: 9.3

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Severity: Critical

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00442