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CVE-2014-0480

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2014-0480 describes a URL validation vulnerability in Django versions prior to 1.4.14, 1.5.9, 1.6.6, and 1.7rc3. This flaw allows remote attackers to conduct phishing attacks by crafting URLs with a double slash (//), which causes the system to generate a scheme-relative URL. With a CVSS score of 5.8, this vulnerability has a medium severity, requiring medium attack complexity and potentially leading to partial confidentiality and integrity impacts. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
12.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:12.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
13.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:djangoproject:django:1.7:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:djangoproject:django:1.7:beta2:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:djangoproject:django:1.7:beta3:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

5.8MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
4.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.28%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
81.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0228 is in the 70th percentile among its peer group of 19,958 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (6)

pippatch availablevia ghsa
Product: djangoFixed in: 1.4.14
pippatch availablevia ghsa
Product: DjangoFixed in: 1.5.9
pippatch availablevia ghsa
Product: DjangoFixed in: 1.6.6
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5 (Icehouse)Fixed in: python-django
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenStack Platform 4Fixed in: Django14
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Subscription Asset ManagerFixed in: Django

Vendor Advisories (2)

pipGHSA-f7cm-ccfp-3q4rhigh

Django Incorrectly Validates URLs

May 14, 2022
redhatCVE-2014-0480Moderate

Django: reverse() can generate URLs pointing to other hosts, leading to phishing attacks

Aug 20, 2014

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-updates/2014-09/msg00023.html
secunia.com / advisories/59782
secunia.com / advisories/61276
secunia.com / advisories/61281
djangoproject.com / weblog/2014/aug/20/security
PatchVendor Advisory
debian.org / security/2014/dsa-3010
securityfocus.com / bid/69425