Related Vulnerabilities: CVE-2018-14574  

If the django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware and the APPEND_SLASH setting are both enabled, and if the project has a URL pattern that accepts any path ending in a slash (many content management systems have such a pattern), then a request to a maliciously crafted URL of that site could lead to a redirect to another site, enabling phishing and other attacks.

Severity Medium

Remote Yes

Type Open redirect

Description

If the django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware and the APPEND_SLASH setting are both enabled, and if the project has a URL pattern that accepts any path ending in a slash (many content management systems have such a pattern), then a request to a maliciously crafted URL of that site could lead to a redirect to another site, enabling phishing and other attacks.

AVG-746 python2-django 1.11.13-1 1.11.15-1 Medium Fixed

AVG-743 python-django 2.0.7-2 2.0.8-1 Medium Fixed

03 Aug 2018 ASA-201808-3 AVG-746 python2-django Medium open redirect

01 Aug 2018 ASA-201808-1 AVG-743 python-django Medium open redirect

https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2018/aug/01/security-releases/
https://github.com/django/django/commit/6fffc3c6d420e44f4029d5643f38d00a39b08525