CVE-2021-44649

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    CVE-2021-44649

    Published: 12 Jan 2022Last Modified: 8 Jul 2026

    Summary:

    Details: Django CMS 3.7.3 does not validate the plugin_type parameter while generating error messages for an invalid plugin type, resulting in a Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability. The vulnerability allows an attacker to execute arbitrary JavaScript code in the web browser of the affected user.

    References: https://www.django-cms.org/en/blog/2020/07/22/django-cms-security-updates-1/, https://sahildhar.github.io/blogpost/Django-CMS-Reflected-XSS-Vulnerability/

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name:

    Purl:

    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 4e2ac3e73845fa0a2970247996ddd6fe16408fc0
    Fixed -f824cd4afd89bf7bb3e12015cb1ed33348718c1d

    Affected versions

    3.7.3
    3.7.2
    3.7.1
    3.7.0

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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