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CVE-2015-2317

15
FAUCET Score

CVE-2015-2317 describes a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the utils.http.is_safe_url function of Django versions prior to 1.4.20, 1.6.11, 1.7.7, and 1.8c1. This flaw allows remote attackers to inject malicious scripts via improperly validated URLs containing control characters, impacting various distributions including Debian and Fedora. With a CVSS score of 4.3, this vulnerability is of medium complexity and could lead to information disclosure or unauthorized actions if exploited. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
22CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:22:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
13.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
<= 1.4.19CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:djangoproject:django:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:djangoproject:django:1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
4.99%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
91.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0499 is in the 89th 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 (8)

pippatch availablevia ghsa
Product: DjangoFixed in: 1.4.20
pippatch availablevia ghsa
Product: DjangoFixed in: 1.6.11
pippatch availablevia ghsa
Product: DjangoFixed in: 1.7.7
pippatch availablevia ghsa
Product: DjangoFixed in: 1.8c1
redhatvendor investigatingvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5 (Icehouse)Fixed in: python-django
redhatvendor investigatingvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 6 (Juno)Fixed in: python-django
redhatend of lifevia 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-7fq8-4pv5-5w5cmedium

Django cross-site scripting (XSS) attack via user-supplied redirect URLs

May 14, 2022
redhatCVE-2015-2317Low

Django: possible XSS attack via user-supplied redirect URLs

Mar 18, 2015

References

lists.fedoraproject.org / pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/155421.html
Third Party Advisory
lists.fedoraproject.org / pipermail/package-announce/2015-June/160263.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-updates/2015-04/msg00001.html
Third Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-updates/2015-09/msg00035.html
djangoproject.com / weblog/2015/mar/18/security-releases
Vendor Advisory
ubuntu.com / usn/usn-2539-1
Third Party Advisory
debian.org / security/2015/dsa-3204
Third Party Advisory
mandriva.com / security/advisories
Broken Link
oracle.com / technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2015-2511959.html
Third Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/73319