CVEvulnerability
CVE-2012-3442
4.3 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Analyzed
- Published
- 2012-07-31
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 4.3 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-79
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.
Affected configurations
• djangoproject django (< 1.3.2)
• djangoproject django 1.4
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation weakness
References
- http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2529 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:143 Broken Link
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/07/31/1 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/07/31/2 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1560-1 Broken Link
- https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2012/jul/30/security-releases-issued/ Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2529 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:143 Broken Link
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/07/31/1 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/07/31/2 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1560-1 Broken Link
- https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2012/jul/30/security-releases-issued/ Patch, Vendor Advisory