[2.0.x] Fixed CVE-2018-14574 -- Fixed open redirect possibility in CommonMiddleware.

django/middleware/common.py

@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ from django.utils.cache import (
     cc_delim_re, get_conditional_response, set_response_etag,
 )
 from django.utils.deprecation import MiddlewareMixin, RemovedInDjango21Warning
+from django.utils.http import escape_leading_slashes
 
 
 class CommonMiddleware(MiddlewareMixin):
@@ -88,6 +89,8 @@ class CommonMiddleware(MiddlewareMixin):
         POST, PUT, or PATCH.
         """
         new_path = request.get_full_path(force_append_slash=True)
+        # Prevent construction of scheme relative urls.
+        new_path = escape_leading_slashes(new_path)
         if settings.DEBUG and request.method in ('POST', 'PUT', 'PATCH'):
             raise RuntimeError(
                 "You called this URL via %(method)s, but the URL doesn't end "

django/urls/resolvers.py

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ from django.core.checks.urls import check_resolver
 from django.core.exceptions import ImproperlyConfigured
 from django.utils.datastructures import MultiValueDict
 from django.utils.functional import cached_property
-from django.utils.http import RFC3986_SUBDELIMS
+from django.utils.http import RFC3986_SUBDELIMS, escape_leading_slashes
 from django.utils.regex_helper import normalize
 from django.utils.translation import get_language
 
@@ -604,9 +604,7 @@ class URLResolver:
                     # safe characters from `pchar` definition of RFC 3986
                     url = quote(candidate_pat % text_candidate_subs, safe=RFC3986_SUBDELIMS + '/~:@')
                     # Don't allow construction of scheme relative urls.
-                    if url.startswith('//'):
+                    return escape_leading_slashes(url)
-                        url = '/%%2F%s' % url[2:]
-                    return url
         # lookup_view can be URL name or callable, but callables are not
         # friendly in error messages.
         m = getattr(lookup_view, '__module__', None)

django/utils/http.py

@@ -437,3 +437,14 @@ def limited_parse_qsl(qs, keep_blank_values=False, encoding='utf-8',
             value = unquote(value, encoding=encoding, errors=errors)
             r.append((name, value))
     return r
+
+
+def escape_leading_slashes(url):
+    """
+    If redirecting to an absolute path (two leading slashes), a slash must be
+    escaped to prevent browsers from handling the path as schemaless and
+    redirecting to another host.
+    """
+    if url.startswith('//'):
+        url = '/%2F{}'.format(url[2:])
+    return url

docs/releases/1.11.15.txt

@@ -5,3 +5,16 @@ Django 1.11.15 release notes
 *August 1, 2018*
 
 Django 1.11.15 fixes a security issue in 1.11.14.
+
+CVE-2018-14574: Open redirect possibility in ``CommonMiddleware``
+=================================================================
+
+If the :class:`~django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware` and the
+:setting:`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.
+
+``CommonMiddleware`` now escapes leading slashes to prevent redirects to other
+domains.

docs/releases/2.0.8.txt

@@ -6,6 +6,19 @@ Django 2.0.8 release notes
 
 Django 2.0.8 fixes a security issue and several bugs in 2.0.7.
 
+CVE-2018-14574: Open redirect possibility in ``CommonMiddleware``
+=================================================================
+
+If the :class:`~django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware` and the
+:setting:`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.
+
+``CommonMiddleware`` now escapes leading slashes to prevent redirects to other
+domains.
+
 Bugfixes
 ========
 

tests/middleware/tests.py

@@ -133,6 +133,25 @@ class CommonMiddlewareTest(SimpleTestCase):
         self.assertEqual(r.status_code, 301)
         self.assertEqual(r.url, '/needsquoting%23/')
 
+    @override_settings(APPEND_SLASH=True)
+    def test_append_slash_leading_slashes(self):
+        """
+        Paths starting with two slashes are escaped to prevent open redirects.
+        If there's a URL pattern that allows paths to start with two slashes, a
+        request with path //evil.com must not redirect to //evil.com/ (appended
+        slash) which is a schemaless absolute URL. The browser would navigate
+        to evil.com/.
+        """
+        # Use 4 slashes because of RequestFactory behavior.
+        request = self.rf.get('////evil.com/security')
+        response = HttpResponseNotFound()
+        r = CommonMiddleware().process_request(request)
+        self.assertEqual(r.status_code, 301)
+        self.assertEqual(r.url, '/%2Fevil.com/security/')
+        r = CommonMiddleware().process_response(request, response)
+        self.assertEqual(r.status_code, 301)
+        self.assertEqual(r.url, '/%2Fevil.com/security/')
+
     @override_settings(APPEND_SLASH=False, PREPEND_WWW=True)
     def test_prepend_www(self):
         request = self.rf.get('/path/')

tests/middleware/urls.py

@@ -6,4 +6,6 @@ urlpatterns = [
     url(r'^noslash$', views.empty_view),
     url(r'^slash/$', views.empty_view),
     url(r'^needsquoting#/$', views.empty_view),
+    # Accepts paths with two leading slashes.
+    url(r'^(.+)/security/$', views.empty_view),
 ]

tests/utils_tests/test_http.py

@@ -6,10 +6,10 @@ from django.utils import http
 from django.utils.datastructures import MultiValueDict
 from django.utils.deprecation import RemovedInDjango21Warning
 from django.utils.http import (
-    base36_to_int, cookie_date, http_date, int_to_base36, is_safe_url,
+    base36_to_int, cookie_date, escape_leading_slashes, http_date,
-    is_same_domain, parse_etags, parse_http_date, quote_etag, urlencode,
+    int_to_base36, is_safe_url, is_same_domain, parse_etags, parse_http_date,
-    urlquote, urlquote_plus, urlsafe_base64_decode, urlsafe_base64_encode,
+    quote_etag, urlencode, urlquote, urlquote_plus, urlsafe_base64_decode,
-    urlunquote, urlunquote_plus,
+    urlsafe_base64_encode, urlunquote, urlunquote_plus,
 )
 
 
@@ -275,3 +275,14 @@ class HttpDateProcessingTests(unittest.TestCase):
     def test_parsing_asctime(self):
         parsed = parse_http_date('Sun Nov  6 08:49:37 1994')
         self.assertEqual(datetime.utcfromtimestamp(parsed), datetime(1994, 11, 6, 8, 49, 37))
+
+
+class EscapeLeadingSlashesTests(unittest.TestCase):
+    def test(self):
+        tests = (
+            ('//example.com', '/%2Fexample.com'),
+            ('//', '/%2F'),
+        )
+        for url, expected in tests:
+            with self.subTest(url=url):
+                self.assertEqual(escape_leading_slashes(url), expected)