Improper Encoding or Escaping of Output Affecting django-tomselect package, versions [,2025.3.3)
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- published6 Apr 2025
- disclosed26 Mar 2025
- creditUnknown
Introduced: 26 Mar 2025
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How to fix?
Upgrade django-tomselect to version 2025.3.3 or higher.
Overview
django-tomselect is a Django autocomplete widgets and views using Tom Select
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Encoding or Escaping of Output in form widget input, including the label_field parameter. An attacker can hide the contents between <script> tags in code from appearing in the output, since the browser may interpret and render the tags. Although injected, such scripts are not executed.