Cross-site scripting in Django - CVE-2013-6044
Published: October 4, 2013 / Updated: August 10, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU42484
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2013-6044
CWE-ID: CWE-79
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Django Software Foundation
Affected software:
Django
Django
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to manipulate data.
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.
How to mitigate CVE-2013-6044
Install update from vendor's website.
Sources
- 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
- 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