CVE-2014-0480 Django Incorrectly Validates URLs

What is CVE-2014-0480?

CVE-2014-0480 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Djangoproject Django, published on 26 Aug 2014. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

The core.urlresolvers.reverse function in Django before 1.4.14, 1.5.x before 1.5.9, 1.6.x before 1.6.6, and 1.7 before release candidate 3 does not properly validate URLs, which allows remote attackers to conduct phishing attacks via a // (slash slash) in a URL, which triggers a scheme-relative URL to be generated.

Weakness: CWE-20

Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-0480?

7 open source packages ship an affected version, including django and Django. It affects 2 products.

Products include Djangoproject Django, Opensuse Opensuse.

How do I fix CVE-2014-0480?

Upgrade django to a fixed version for your release line: 1.4.14, 1.5.9 or 1.6.6.

Is CVE-2014-0480 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-0480 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2014-0480, GHSA-f7cm-ccfp-3q4r, PYSEC-2014-4, UBUNTU-CVE-2014-0480.