Cross-site Scripting (XSS) Affecting Django package, versions *
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- published28 Apr 2025
- disclosed18 Jul 2016
Introduced: 18 Jul 2016
CVE-2016-6186 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
There is no fixed version for RHEL:10 Django.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream Django package and not the Django package as distributed by RHEL.
See How to fix? for RHEL:10 relevant fixed versions and status.
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the dismissChangeRelatedObjectPopup function in contrib/admin/static/admin/js/admin/RelatedObjectLookups.js in Django before 1.8.14, 1.9.x before 1.9.8, and 1.10.x before 1.10rc1 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via vectors involving unsafe usage of Element.innerHTML.
References
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1355663
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-6186
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/DMLLFAUT4J4IP4P2KI4NOVWRMHA22WUJ/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/KHHPN6MISX5I6UTXQHYLPTLEEUE6WDXW/
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/137965/Django-3.3.0-Script-Insertion.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1594.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1595.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1596.html
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Jul/53
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3622
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/538947/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92058
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036338
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3039-1
- http://www.vulnerability-lab.com/get_content.php?id=1869
- https://github.com/django/django/commit/d03bf6fe4e9bf5b07de62c1a271c4b41a7d3d158
- https://github.com/django/django/commit/f68e5a99164867ab0e071a936470958ed867479d
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/DMLLFAUT4J4IP4P2KI4NOVWRMHA22WUJ/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/KHHPN6MISX5I6UTXQHYLPTLEEUE6WDXW/
- https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2016/jul/18/security-releases/
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40129/
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40129