GHSA-6565-fg86-6jcx

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    GHSA-6565-fg86-6jcx

    Published: 17 May 2022Last Modified: 19 Feb 2025

    Summary: Django Cross-site Scripting Vulnerability

    Details: Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the contents function in `admin/helpers.py` in Django before 1.7.6 and 1.8 before 1.8b2 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a model attribute in `ModelAdmin.readonly_fields`, as demonstrated by an `@property`.

    References: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-2241, https://github.com/django/django/commit/2654e1b93923bac55f12b4e66c5e39b16695ace5, https://github.com/django/django/commit/82c9169077a066995e3b00aac551bf1c8a89d98a, https://code.djangoproject.com/ticket/24461, https://github.com/django/django, https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/django/PYSEC-2015-8.yaml, https://web.archive.org/web/20150523054951/http://www.mandriva.com/en/support/security/advisories/advisory/MDVSA-2015:109/?name=MDVSA-2015:109, https://web.archive.org/web/20171112005349/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/73095, https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2015/mar/09/security-releases, http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:109

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: django

    Purl: pkg:pypi/django

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.7.6

    Affected versions

    1.0.1
    1.0.2
    1.0.3
    1.0.4

    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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