Django Software Foundation · Django · CVE-2014-0480
**Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions**
Django versions 1.4.x through 1.4.13
Django versions 1.5.x through 1.5.8
Django versions 1.6.x through 1.6.5
Django versions 1.7 before release candidate 3
**Description**
The issue allows remote attackers to conduct phishing attacks via a // (slash slash) in a URL, which triggers a scheme-relative URL to be generated. This occurs due to improper validation of URLs by the `core.urlresolvers.reverse` function.
**Recommendations**
For Django versions 1.4.x through 1.4.13, update to version 1.4.14 or later.
For Django versions 1.5.x through 1.5.8, update to version 1.5.9 or later.
For Django versions 1.6.x through 1.6.5, update to version 1.6.6 or later.
For Django versions 1.7 before release candidate 3, update to release candidate 3 or later.