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Cross-site Scripting (XSS) Affecting python-django package, versions <1.8.7-1ubuntu5.1

Severity

 Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Mature
EPSS
0.37% (74th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1604-PYTHONDJANGO-361051
  • published5 Aug 2016
  • disclosed5 Aug 2016
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Introduced: 5 Aug 2016

CVE-2016-6186  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-79  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:16.04 python-django to version 1.8.7-1ubuntu5.1 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 Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:16.04 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.

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