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Cross-site Scripting (XSS) Affecting python-django package, versions <1:1.11.5-1

low

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity Low
    User Interaction Required
    Scope Changed

    Threat Intelligence

    Exploit Maturity Proof of concept
    EPSS 0.22% (60th percentile)
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NVD
6.1 medium
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4 medium

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN11-PYTHONDJANGO-530751
  • published 7 Sep 2017
  • disclosed 7 Sep 2017
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Introduced: 7 Sep 2017

CVE-2017-12794 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-79 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:11 python-django to version 1:1.11.5-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream python-django package and not the python-django package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:11 relevant fixed versions and status.

In Django 1.10.x before 1.10.8 and 1.11.x before 1.11.5, HTML autoescaping was disabled in a portion of the template for the technical 500 debug page. Given the right circumstances, this allowed a cross-site scripting attack. This vulnerability shouldn't affect most production sites since you shouldn't run with "DEBUG = True" (which makes this page accessible) in your production settings.