CVE-2014-3730

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 3.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2014-05-16 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-20

Description

The django.util.http.is_safe_url function in Django 1.4 before 1.4.13, 1.5 before 1.5.8, 1.6 before 1.6.5, and 1.7 before 1.7b4 does not properly validate URLs, which allows remote attackers to conduct open redirect attacks via a malformed URL, as demonstrated by "http:\\\djangoproject.com."

Affected products

Canonical Ubuntu Linux: 10.04, 12.04, 12.10, 13.10, 14.04
Debian Linux: 7.0, 8.0
Django: 1.4, 1.4.1, 1.4.2, 1.4.4, 1.4.5, 1.4.6 (+28)
Opensuse: 12.3, 13.1

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-09/msg00023.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/61281
http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2212-1
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2934
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/05/14/10
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/05/15/3
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/67410
https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2014/may/14/security-releases-issued/
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-09/msg00023.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/61281
http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2212-1
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2934

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