CVE-2016-2512

mediumpriority · track · 31EPSS 0.041 · 91 %ileEUUS

grimoire priorityP3 · Track

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

4.05% (91st) EPSS

CVSS 4.3 · medium

Is it mine?

15 products

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Who says so?

5 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · osv · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

The utils.http.is_safe_url function in Django before 1.8.10 and 1.9.x before 1.9.3 allows remote attackers to redirect users to arbitrary web sites and conduct phishing attacks or possibly conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via a URL containing basic authentication, as demonstrated by http://mysite.example.com\@attacker.com.

remediations

Vendor fix, mitigation, or workaround guidance, as published by each source.

A vendor fix is available.

Fixedpython-django-0:1.6.11-5.el7ost.noarch as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 7.0 Operational Tools for RHEL 7redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:0503
Fixedpython-django-0:1.6.11-5.el7ost.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 7.0 Operational Tools for RHEL 7redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:0503
Fixedpython-django-bash-completion-0:1.6.11-5.el7ost.noarch as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 7.0 Operational Tools for RHEL 7redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:0503
Fixedpython-django-0:1.8.11-1.el7ost.noarch as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 7.0 (Kilo) for RHEL 7redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:0504
Fixedpython-django-0:1.8.11-1.el7ost.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 7.0 (Kilo) for RHEL 7redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:0504
Fixedpython-django-bash-completion-0:1.8.11-1.el7ost.noarch as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 7.0 (Kilo) for RHEL 7redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:0504
Fixedpython-django-doc-0:1.8.11-1.el7ost.noarch as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 7.0 (Kilo) for RHEL 7redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:0504

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

7.4

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 4.3–7.4

v2.04.3mediumAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 8.6 · impact 2.9

v3.07.4highCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 2.8 · impact 4

v2.05.8mediumAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:Nsecondary · Red Hat Product Security US

v3.07.4highCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:Nsecondary · OSV

v3.06.8mediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-79USprimaryCWE-601USCWE-79US

affected products (15)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

n/a n/a≤ n/aenisa_euvdEU
djangoproject django= 1.8.9nvdUScpe:2.3:a:djangoproject:django:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
djangoproject django= 1.9nvdUScpe:2.3:a:djangoproject:django:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
djangoproject django= 1.9.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:djangoproject:django:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
djangoproject django= 1.9.2nvdUScpe:2.3:a:djangoproject:django:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
PyPI django< 1.8.10osvUSpkg:pypi/django
PyPI django1.9 → 1.9.3osvUSpkg:pypi/django
PyPI django1.9a1 → 1.9.3osvUSpkg:pypi/django
python-django-0:1.6.11-5.el7ost.noarch as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 7.0 Operational Tools for RHEL 7all versionsfixedredhat_csafUS
python-django-0:1.6.11-5.el7ost.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 7.0 Operational Tools for RHEL 7all versionsfixedredhat_csafUS
python-django-0:1.8.11-1.el7ost.noarch as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 7.0 (Kilo) for RHEL 7all versionsfixedredhat_csafUS
python-django-0:1.8.11-1.el7ost.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 7.0 (Kilo) for RHEL 7all versionsfixedredhat_csafUS
python-django-bash-completion-0:1.6.11-5.el7ost.noarch as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 7.0 Operational Tools for RHEL 7all versionsfixedredhat_csafUS
python-django-bash-completion-0:1.8.11-1.el7ost.noarch as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 7.0 (Kilo) for RHEL 7all versionsfixedredhat_csafUS
python-django-doc-0:1.8.11-1.el7ost.noarch as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 7.0 (Kilo) for RHEL 7all versionsfixedredhat_csafUS

advisories (4)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

RHSA-2016:0503Red Hat Security Advisory: python-django security update2016-03-24csaf · redhat_csafUS
An update for python-django is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 7.0 Operational Tools for RHEL 7. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.
RHSA-2016:0504Red Hat Security Advisory: python-django security update2016-03-24csaf · redhat_csafUS
An update for python-django is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 7.0 (Kilo) for RHEL 7. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.
GHSA-pw27-w7w4-9qc7Django XSS Vulnerability2022-05-17ghsa · osvUS
The `utils.http.is_safe_url function` in Django before 1.8.10 and 1.9.x before 1.9.3 allows remote attackers to redirect users to arbitrary web sites and conduct phishing attacks or possibly conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via a URL containing basic authentication, as demonstrated by `http://mysite.example.com\@attacker.com`.
PYSEC-2016-152016-04-08vendor · osvUS
The utils.http.is_safe_url function in Django before 1.8.10 and 1.9.x before 1.9.3 allows remote attackers to redirect users to arbitrary web sites and conduct phishing attacks or possibly conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via a URL containing basic authentication, as demonstrated by http://mysite.example.com\@attacker.com.

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cnnvd enisa_euvd osv nvd redhat_csaf NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2016-04-08modified 2026-06-17

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references (30)

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