CVE-2015-0220
MEDIUM · CVSS 4.3EPSS 3.0%EU EUVD
The django.util.http.is_safe_url function in Django before 1.4.18, 1.6.x before 1.6.10, and 1.7.x before 1.7.3 does not properly handle leading whitespaces, which allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via a crafted URL, related to redirect URLs, as demonstrated by a "\njavascript:" URL.
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
- 3.0% (88th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2015-0014)
- Published
- January 16, 2015
- NVD last modified
- June 17, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2015-0014 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- canonical / ubuntu linux
- canonical / ubuntu linux
- canonical / ubuntu linux
- canonical / ubuntu linux
- djangoproject / django
- djangoproject / django
- djangoproject / django
- djangoproject / django
- djangoproject / django
- djangoproject / django
- djangoproject / django
- djangoproject / django
- djangoproject / django
- djangoproject / django
- djangoproject / django
- djangoproject / django
- djangoproject / django
- djangoproject / django
References
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0026.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/148485.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/148608.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-04/msg00001.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-09/msg00035.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/62285
- http://secunia.com/advisories/62309
- http://secunia.com/advisories/62718
- http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2469-1
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:036
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:109
- https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2015/jan/13/security/(Exploit, Vendor Advisory)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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