CVE-2015-5144

Django: possible header injection due to validators accepting newlines in input

Published Jul 14, 2015 CVSS 2.0 · 4.3 Medium EPSS 3.2% KEV · Not listed
Description
Django before 1.4.21, 1.5.x through 1.6.x, 1.7.x before 1.7.9, and 1.8.x before 1.8.3 uses an incorrect regular expression, which allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary headers and conduct HTTP response splitting attacks via a newline character in an (1) email message to the EmailValidator, a (2) URL to the URLValidator, or unspecified vectors to the (3) validate_ipv4_address or (4) validate_slug validator.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-272-1 python-django security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-3305-1 python-django security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2015-0005 Django before 1.4.21, 1.5.x through 1.6.x, 1.7.x before 1.7.9, and 1.8.x before 1.8.3 uses an incorrect regular expression, which allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary headers and conduct HTTP response splitting attacks via a newline character in an (1) email message to the EmailValidator, a (2) URL to the URLValidator, or unspecified vectors to the (3) validate_ipv4_address or (4) validate_slug validator.
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-q5qw-4364-5hhm Django Vulnerable to HTTP Response Splitting Attack
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-2671-1 Django vulnerabilities
History
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics epss

{'score': 0.01328}

epss

{'score': 0.01493}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 6, 2024, 6:32 AM
Reserved
Jun 29, 2015, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Jul 14, 2015, 5:59 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 12:28 AM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Jul 8, 2015, 12:00 AM