CVE-2012-4520

high

Description

The django.http.HttpRequest.get_host function in Django 1.3.x before 1.3.4 and 1.4.x before 1.4.2 allows remote attackers to generate and display arbitrary URLs via crafted username and password Host header values.

References

https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2012/oct/17/security/

https://github.com/django/django/commit/b45c377f8f488955e0c7069cad3f3dd21910b071

https://github.com/django/django/commit/9305c0e12d43c4df999c3301a1f0c742264a657e

https://github.com/django/django/commit/92d3430f12171f16f566c9050c40feefb830a4a3

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=865164

http://www.osvdb.org/86493

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/30/4

http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2634

http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1757-1

http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1632-1

http://securitytracker.com/id?1027708

http://secunia.com/advisories/51314

http://secunia.com/advisories/51033

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-October/090970.html

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-October/090904.html

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-October/090666.html

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=691145

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2012-11-18

Updated: 2025-04-11

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

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

Severity: High

CVSS v4

Base Score: 8.7

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N