Django: reverse() can generate URLs pointing to other hosts, leading to phishing attacks
Published Aug 26, 2014
8.7
HIGHCVSS 4.0
EPSS 2.30%
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.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 2
- 1.7
- 1.7
- 1.7
- 1.7
- 1.7
- 1.7
Configuration 3
- 1.6
- 1.6
- 1.6
- 1.6
- 1.6
- 1.6.1
- 1.6.2
- 1.6.3
- 1.6.4
- 1.6.5
Configuration 4
- 1.5
- 1.5
- 1.5
- 1.5.1
- 1.5.2
- 1.5.3
- 1.5.4
- 1.5.5
- 1.5.6
- 1.5.7
- 1.5.8
Configuration 5
- ≤ 1.4.13
- 1.4
- 1.4.1
- 1.4.2
- 1.4.4
- 1.4.5
- 1.4.6
- 1.4.7
- 1.4.8
- 1.4.9
- 1.4.10
- 1.4.11
- 1.4.12
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5 (Icehouse)
python-django
Affected
Red Hat OpenStack Platform 4
Django14
Affected
Red Hat Subscription Asset Manager
Django
Will not fix
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5 (Icehouse) | python-django | Affected | n/a |
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform 4 | Django14 | Affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Subscription Asset Manager | Django | Will not fix | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (11 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 2.30% (0.02295) | 82.64th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.28% (0.02277) | 80.77th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.48% (0.00483) | 63.15th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.46% (0.00455) | 76.06th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 7, 2024 | 0.46% (0.00455) | 74.83th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 0.46% (0.00464) | 74.70th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.46% (0.00464) | 71.57th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 71.27th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 23, 2023 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 71.23th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 69.22th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 44.98th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (17)
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-09/msg00023.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://secunia.com/advisories/59782 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/61276 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/61281 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3010 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/69425 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-0480 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1129950 Issue Tracking
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-f7cm-ccfp-3q4r Advisory
- https://github.com/django/django/commit/45ac9d4fb087d21902469fc22643f5201d41a0cd
- https://github.com/django/django/commit/c2fe73133b62a1d9e8f7a6b43966570b14618d7e
- https://github.com/django/django/commit/da051da8df5e69944745072611351d4cfc6435d5
- https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/django/PYSEC-2014-4.yaml
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-0480
- https://web.archive.org/web/20140918034351/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/69425
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-0480
- https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2014/aug/20/security x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory
Change history (0)
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