CVE-2015-0220 Django Cross-site Scripting Vulnerability

What is CVE-2015-0220?

CVE-2015-0220 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 16 Jan 2015. 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 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.

Weakness: CWE-79

Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-0220?

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

Products include Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Djangoproject Django.

How do I fix CVE-2015-0220?

Upgrade django to a fixed version for your release line: 1.4.18, 1.6.10 or 1.7.3.

Escape output for the context it lands in and set a strict Content Security Policy. Upgrading the affected component is the real fix. More about Cross-site scripting.

Is CVE-2015-0220 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-0220 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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• CVE-2015-2590 Oracle Java SE and Java SE Embedded Remote Code Execution Exploited Critical 9.8

All Canonical Ubuntu Linux vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2015-0220, GHSA-gv98-g628-m9x5, PYSEC-2015-5, UBUNTU-CVE-2015-0220.