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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2021-46898

views/switch.py in django-grappelli (aka Django Grappelli) before 2.15.2 attempts to prevent external redirection with startswith("/") but this does not consider a protocol-relative URL (e.g., //example.com) attack.

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31 Oct 2026, 12:04 UTC · Revision 1

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CVE-2021-46898

core-osv · Original source

Published 22 Oct 2023, 19:15 UTC

views/switch.py in django-grappelli (aka Django Grappelli) before 2.15.2 attempts to prevent external redirection with startswith("/") but this does not consider a protocol-relative URL (e.g., //example.com) attack.

osv:CVE-2021-46898
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-46898",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
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    "summary": "views/switch.py in django-grappelli (aka Django Grappelli) before 2.15.2 attempts to prevent external redirection with startswith(\"/\") but this does not consider a protocol-relative URL (e.g., //example.com) attack.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2021-46898",
    "products": [],
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        "PYSEC-2023-211"
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          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N"
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      "modified": "2026-10-20T10:55:11.749662853Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://github.com/sehmaschine/django-grappelli/compare/2.15.1...2.15.2",
        "https://github.com/sehmaschine/django-grappelli/issues/975",
        "https://github.com/sehmaschine/django-grappelli/commit/4ca94bcda0fa2720594506853d85e00c8212968f",
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  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 387047,
  "published_at": "2023-10-22T19:15:08.297+00:00"
}