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CVE-2016-2512

25
FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-2512 is a URL redirection vulnerability affecting Django versions prior to 1.8.10 and 1.9.3. It allows remote attackers to redirect users to arbitrary websites, facilitating phishing or potentially cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks, through specially crafted URLs containing basic authentication. This vulnerability has a CVSSv3 score of 7.4 (High), indicating a network-based attack with low complexity requiring user interaction, leading to high integrity impact. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.8.9CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:djangoproject:django:1.8.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.9CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:djangoproject:django:1.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.9.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:djangoproject:django:1.9.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.9.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:djangoproject:django:1.9.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.4HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
4.0
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
4.04%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
89.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0403 is in the 89th percentile among its peer group of 14,852 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.1 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (10)

pippatch availablevia ghsa
Product: djangoFixed in: 1.8.10
pippatch availablevia ghsa
Product: DjangoFixed in: 1.9.3
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5.0 (Icehouse) for RHEL 6Fixed in: python-django-0:1.6.11-5.el6ost
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5.0 (Icehouse) for RHEL 7Fixed in: python-django-0:1.6.11-5.el7ost
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 6.0 (Juno) for RHEL 7Fixed in: python-django-0:1.6.11-5.el7ost
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 7.0 (Kilo) for RHEL 7Fixed in: python-django-0:1.8.11-1.el7ost
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 7.0 Operational Tools for RHEL 7Fixed in: python-django-0:1.6.11-5.el7ost
View patch
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Ceph Storage 1.2Fixed in: Django
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Ceph Storage 1.3Fixed in: Django
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Subscription Asset ManagerFixed in: Django

Vendor Advisories (2)

pipGHSA-pw27-w7w4-9qc7medium

Django XSS Vulnerability

May 17, 2022
redhatCVE-2016-2512Moderate

python-django: Malicious redirect and possible XSS attack via user-supplied redirect URLs containing basic auth

Mar 1, 2016

References

rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2016-0502.html
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2016-0504.html
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2016-0505.html
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2016-0506.html
github.com / django/django/commit/c5544d289233f501917e25970c03ed444abbd4f0
djangoproject.com / weblog/2016/mar/01/security-releases
Vendor Advisory
debian.org / security/2016/dsa-3544
oracle.com / technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html
securityfocus.com / bid/83879
securitytracker.com / id/1035152
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-2915-1
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-2915-2
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-2915-3