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URL Redirection to Untrusted Site ('Open Redirect')

CVE-2017-7234

Medium
6.1/10

Summary

A maliciously crafted URL to a Django site using the "django.views.static.serve()" view could redirect to any other domain, aka an open redirect vulnerability. This issue affects Django versions 1.1.3 through 1.8.17, 1.9a1 through 1.9.12, 1.10a1 through 1.10.6, and 1.11a1 through 1.11rc1.

  • LOW
  • NETWORK
  • LOW
  • CHANGED
  • REQUIRED
  • NONE
  • LOW
  • NONE

CWE-601 - Open Redirect

An open redirect attack employs a URL parameter, HTML refresh tags, or a DOM based location change to exploit the trust of a vulnerable domain to direct the users to a malicious website. The attack could lead to higher severity vulnerabilities such as unauthorized access control, account takeover, XSS, and more.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published