Cross-site Scripting (XSS) Affecting python-django package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
3.06% (86th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL10-PYTHONDJANGO-9890405
  • published28 Apr 2025
  • disclosed18 Mar 2015

Introduced: 18 Mar 2015

CVE-2015-2317  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-79  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for RHEL:10 python-django.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream python-django package and not the python-django package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:10 relevant fixed versions and status.

The utils.http.is_safe_url function in Django before 1.4.20, 1.5.x, 1.6.x before 1.6.11, 1.7.x before 1.7.7, and 1.8.x before 1.8c1 does not properly validate URLs, which allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via a control character in a URL, as demonstrated by a \x08javascript: URL.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1