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CVE-2015-0220

15
FAUCET Score

CVE-2015-0220 describes a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the django.util.http.is_safe_url function within Django versions prior to 1.4.18, 1.6.10, and 1.7.3, affecting Django and Ubuntu Linux distributions. This flaw allows remote attackers to execute XSS attacks by crafting redirect URLs with leading whitespaces, such as "\njavascript:". The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.3, indicating a medium attack complexity and potential for partial integrity impact, with no confidentiality or availability impact. There is currently 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
10.04CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.04:*:lts:*:*:*:*:*
12.04CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:lts:*:*:*:*:*
14.04CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
14.10CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
<= 1.4.17CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:djangoproject:django:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

4.3MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.03%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
86.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0303 is in the 79th 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 (3)

pippatch availablevia ghsa
Product: djangoFixed in: 1.4.18
pippatch availablevia ghsa
Product: DjangoFixed in: 1.6.10
pippatch availablevia ghsa
Product: DjangoFixed in: 1.7.3

Vendor Advisories (2)

pipGHSA-gv98-g628-m9x5medium

Django Cross-site Scripting Vulnerability

May 17, 2022
redhatCVE-2015-0220Moderate

Django: Mitigated possible XSS attack via user-supplied redirect URLs

Jan 13, 2015

References

advisories.mageia.org / MGASA-2015-0026.html
lists.fedoraproject.org / pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/148485.html
lists.fedoraproject.org / pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/148608.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-updates/2015-04/msg00001.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-updates/2015-09/msg00035.html
secunia.com / advisories/62285
secunia.com / advisories/62309
secunia.com / advisories/62718
djangoproject.com / weblog/2015/jan/13/security
ExploitVendor Advisory
ubuntu.com / usn/usn-2469-1
mandriva.com / security/advisories
mandriva.com / security/advisories