Description
The utils.http.is_safe_url function in Django before 1.4.20, 1.5.x, 1.6.x before 1.6.11, 1.7.x before 1.7.7, and 1.8.x before 1.8c1 does not properly validate URLs, which allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via a control character in a URL, as demonstrated by a \x08javascript: URL.
Remediation
References
Related Vulnerabilities
Lighttpd Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls Vulnerability (CVE-2013-4559)
WebLogic Deserialization of Untrusted Data Vulnerability (CVE-2019-17531)
Moodle Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls Vulnerability (CVE-2014-0124)
Oracle HTTP Server NULL Pointer Dereference Vulnerability (CVE-2019-10097)