CVE-2013-6044
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 4.3 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-79
- EPSS score
- 2.3% (83th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2013-0009)
- Published
- October 4, 2013
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2013-0009 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- djangoproject / django
- djangoproject / django
- djangoproject / django
- djangoproject / django
- djangoproject / django
- djangoproject / django
- djangoproject / django
- djangoproject / django
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-10/msg00015.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1521.html
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2013/q3/369
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2013/q3/411
- http://secunia.com/advisories/54476(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2740
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/61777
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1028915
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/86437
- https://github.com/django/django/commit/1a274ccd6bc1afbdac80344c9b6e5810c1162b5f
- https://github.com/django/django/commit/ae3535169af804352517b7fea94a42a1c9c4b762
- https://github.com/django/django/commit/ec67af0bd609c412b76eaa4cc89968a2a8e5ad6a
- https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2013/aug/13/security-releases-issued(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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