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title: "CVE-2018-14574\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2018-14574

Publication date 1 August 2018

Last updated 25 August 2025

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

## Cvss 3 Severity Score

**6.1 · Medium**

[Score breakdown](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-14574?format=md#impact-score)

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## Description

django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware in Django 1.11.x before 1.11.15
and 2.0.x before 2.0.8 has an Open Redirect.

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-14574?format=md#notes)

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| python-django | 18.04 LTS bionic | Fixed 1:1.11.11-1ubuntu1.1 |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not affected |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not affected |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## Notes

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### [mdeslaur](https://launchpad.net/~mdeslaur)

xenial and earlier don't look vulnerable as they will always
convert relative redirects to an absolute URI. This was changed
by the following commit in later releases:
https://github.com/django/django/commit/a0c2eb46dd5a782c11c44f13c8efad2778be1641

## Severity score breakdown

CVSS version:
CVSS v3.0

**Base score**

6.1 · Medium

* Base metrics

  | Parameter | Value |
  | --- | --- |
  | Attack vector | Network |
  | Attack complexity | Low |
  | Privileges required | None |
  | User interaction | Required |
  | Scope | Changed |
  | Confidentiality impact | Low |
  | Integrity impact | Low |
  | Availability impact | None |
* Scores

  | Parameter | Value |
  | --- | --- |
  | Base score | 6.1 · Medium |
  | Exploitability score | - |
  | Impact score | - |

**Vector:** CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-14574)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-14574)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2018-14574)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-14574)

### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

+ [USN-3726-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-3726-1)
+ Django vulnerability
+ 1 August 2018

### Other references

* <https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2018/aug/01/security-releases/>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-14574>