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CVE-2015-2317· NVD / CVE Program· CNA mitre

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

Noroxi assessment

Priority: Monitor (action score 19/100)

  • The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
  • Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 5.7% (FIRST EPSS); higher than 92.9% of all records.
  • Fixed version: python-django (Debian:12) 1.7.7-1; python-django (Debian:6.0) 1.2.3-3+squeeze13; python-django (Debian:7) 1.4.5-1+deb7u11.

Low priority for now. Upgrade to python-django (Debian:12) 1.7.7-1; python-django (Debian:6.0) 1.2.3-3+squeeze13; python-django (Debian:7) 1.4.5-1+deb7u11 or later.

Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it

Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS

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.

MediumCVSS 4.3 · v2.0—No exploit Fix available
Published
Mar 25, 2015
Updated
Jun 16, 2026
EPSS
5.7% · 92th percentile

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19

Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS
17 / 40 · 4.3 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
2 / 30 · 5.7%

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Affected systems

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VendorProduct
debiandebian linux
fedoraprojectfedora
opensuseopensuse
djangoprojectdjango
oraclesolaris
canonicalubuntu linux

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • canonical ubuntu linux10.04
  • canonical ubuntu linux12.04
  • canonical ubuntu linux14.04
  • canonical ubuntu linux14.10
  • debian debian linux7.0
  • djangoproject djangoup to 1.4.19 inclusive
  • djangoproject django1.5
  • djangoproject django1.5.1
  • djangoproject django1.5.10
  • djangoproject django1.5.11
  • djangoproject django1.5.12
  • djangoproject django1.5.2
  • djangoproject django1.5.3
  • djangoproject django1.5.4
  • djangoproject django1.5.5
  • djangoproject django1.5.6
  • djangoproject django1.5.7
  • djangoproject django1.5.8
  • djangoproject django1.5.9
  • djangoproject django1.6

Package-level exposure

OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.

EcosystemPackageAffected rangeFix
Debian:12python-djangobefore 1.7.7-11.7.7-1
Debian:6.0python-djangobefore 1.2.3-3+squeeze131.2.3-3+squeeze13
Debian:7python-djangobefore 1.4.5-1+deb7u111.4.5-1+deb7u11
PyPIdjangofrom 1.5 · before 1.6.111.6.11
PyPIdjangofrom 1.7 · before 1.7.71.7.7
PyPIdjangofrom 1.8a0 · before 1.8c11.8c1
PyPIdjangofrom 1.8a1 · before 1.8c11.8c1
PyPIdjangobefore 1.4.201.4.20
SUSE:Enterprise Storage 1.0python-Djangobefore 1.6.11-4.11.6.11-4.1

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Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

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Product / packageFixed versionSource
debian:python-django1.7.7-1 · Debian:12Package registry (OSV)
PyPI:django1.4.20Package registry (OSV)
PyPI:django1.6.11Package registry (OSV)
PyPI:django1.7.7Package registry (OSV)
PyPI:django1.8c1Package registry (OSV)
suse:python-Django1.6.11-4.1 · SUSE:Enterprise Storage 1.0Package registry (OSV)

Exploit status

No known public exploit

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Research context

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Timeline

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EPSS, last 120 days+1% in 7 days

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Patch and commit links

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Credits

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Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

No nightly-computed relations.

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

Technical details

Attack conditions

    If successful

    Confidentiality
    none
    Integrity
    P · data or configuration can be modified
    Availability
    none
    Attack complexity
    M
    Confidentiality impact
    None
    Integrity impact
    P
    Availability impact
    None

    Weakness class (CWE)

    CWE-79 · Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

    CVSS vector

    AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

    nvd-primary

    Root cause

    User content is inserted into the page as HTML. The browser interprets the content as code rather than data.

    The bug in code

    The whole CWE-79 class

    A representative example of this vulnerability class. Not the vendor's source code; it shows the faulty pattern and its fix.

    Vulnerable

    ts
    commentEl.innerHTML = comment.body;

    Fixed

    ts
    commentEl.textContent = comment.body;

    Attack context

    MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.

    ATT&CK techniques

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    Change log

    1. Fix✗ → ✓

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    References

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