{"id":"GHSA-9cwg-mhxf-hh59","summary":"Django cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability via is_safe_url function ","details":"The is_safe_url function in utils/http.py in Django 1.4.x before 1.4.6, 1.5.x before 1.5.2, and 1.6 before beta 2 treats a URL's scheme as safe even if it is not HTTP or HTTPS, which might introduce cross-site scripting (XSS) or other vulnerabilities into Django applications that use this function, as demonstrated by \"the login view in django.contrib.auth.views\" and the javascript: scheme.","aliases":["CVE-2013-6044","PYSEC-2013-21"],"modified":"2025-02-19T05:40:05.352173Z","published":"2022-05-17T00:23:23Z","database_specific":{"nvd_published_at":"2013-10-04T17:55:00Z","github_reviewed":true,"cwe_ids":["CWE-79"],"github_reviewed_at":"2023-08-17T23:09:26Z","severity":"MODERATE"},"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-6044"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://github.com/django/django/commit/1a274ccd6bc1afbdac80344c9b6e5810c1162b5f"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://github.com/django/django/commit/ae3535169af804352517b7fea94a42a1c9c4b762"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://github.com/django/django/commit/ec67af0bd609c412b76eaa4cc89968a2a8e5ad6a"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/86437"},{"type":"PACKAGE","url":"https://github.com/django/django"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/django/PYSEC-2013-21.yaml"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2013/aug/13/security-releases-issued"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-10/msg00015.html"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1521.html"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2013/q3/369"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2013/q3/411"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2740"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"django","ecosystem":"PyPI","purl":"pkg:pypi/django"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"1.4"},{"fixed":"1.4.6"}]}],"versions":["1.4","1.4.1","1.4.2","1.4.3","1.4.4","1.4.5"],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2022/05/GHSA-9cwg-mhxf-hh59/GHSA-9cwg-mhxf-hh59.json"}},{"package":{"name":"django","ecosystem":"PyPI","purl":"pkg:pypi/django"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"1.5"},{"fixed":"1.5.2"}]}],"versions":["1.5","1.5.1"],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2022/05/GHSA-9cwg-mhxf-hh59/GHSA-9cwg-mhxf-hh59.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N"},{"type":"CVSS_V4","score":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N"}]}