CVE-2022-0869 is a medium-severity (CVSS 4.3) Open Redirect vulnerability in django-spirit. 1 public exploit reference exists, so weaponization risk is real. A fix is available for django-spirit — see the affected versions and patch details below.
Multiple Open Redirect in nitely/spirit
EPSS Exploitation Probability
Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, from FIRST.org EPSS.
How urgent is this, really
CVE-2022-0869 by exploitation likelihood (EPSS) against impact (CVSS). Outside the shaded patch-first corner.
Where this sits among everything scored
Of 385,386 CVEs with a current EPSS score, this one falls in the < 10% band (highlighted). Counts from FIRST.org, log-scaled.
Real-World Exposure
django-spiritReal-time download stats are indexed for npm and PyPI packages. This vulnerability affects PyPI packages — download data is not available via public APIs for these ecosystems.
Description
django-spirit prior to version 0.12.3 is vulnerable to open redirect. In the /user/login endpoint, it doesn't check the value of the next parameter when the user is logged in and passes it directly to redirect which result to open redirect. This also affects /user/logout, /user/register, /user/login, /user/resend-activation.
Affected Packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🐍PyPI | django-spirit | all versions | 0.12.3pip install --upgrade 'django-spirit==0.12.3' |
Affected Products
spiritspirit-projectResearch use only. For defensive security, authorized penetration testing, and academic research only. Never execute exploit code against systems without explicit written authorization.
Detection & mitigation playbook
Open-source dependencyDetect
Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for django-spirit, including transitive dependencies — a direct dependency you never call can still pull in a vulnerable version.
Fix
Update django-spirit to 0.12.3 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms CVE-2022-0869 is resolved across your whole dependency graph.
Workarounds
Stop reflecting attacker-controlled destinations: resolve every redirect target against an allowlist of paths or hosts you own, prefer a server-side key over a full URL in the request, and reject absolute URLs entirely where the flow only ever needs a relative one.
How to detect CVE-2022-0869
A community-maintained Nuclei template exists for this CVE. You can scan for it directly:
nuclei -id cve-2022-0869 -u https://target- Template
- nitely/spirit 0.12.3 - Open Redirect
- Severity
- medium
- Impact
- An attacker can exploit this vulnerability to redirect users to malicious websites, leading to phishing attacks or the theft of sensitive information.
- Remediation
- Upgrade to a patched version of nitely/spirit to mitigate the open redirect vulnerability (CVE-2022-0869).
Template by ProjectDiscovery nuclei-templates (ctflearner), MIT licensed. View the full template. Scan only systems you are authorised to test.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is CVE-2022-0869 in your dependencies?
Find it across PyPI, including transitive dependencies.