Cross-site Scripting (XSS) Affecting python-django package, versions <2:2.2.13-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
2.87% (85th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ECHOLATEST-PYTHONDJANGO-18533338
  • published5 Aug 2026
  • disclosed3 Jun 2020

Introduced: 3 Jun 2020

CVE-2020-13596  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-79  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Echo:latest python-django to version 2:2.2.13-1 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 Echo. See How to fix? for Echo:latest relevant fixed versions and status.

An issue was discovered in Django 2.2 before 2.2.13 and 3.0 before 3.0.7. Query parameters generated by the Django admin ForeignKeyRawIdWidget were not properly URL encoded, leading to a possibility of an XSS attack.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1