CVE-2016-6186

high-risk

Published 2016-08-05

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.

Do I need to act?

13.1% chance of exploitation in next 30 days

EPSS score — higher than 87% of all CVEs

Not on CISA KEV list

No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA

1 public exploit available

40129

Patch status unknown

Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance

CVSS 6.1/10 Medium

NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Products (13)

Debian Linux

Django

Affected Vendors

Debian Djangoproject

References (34)

VDB Entry 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

Mailing List http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Jul/53

Third Party Advisory http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3622

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/538947/100/0/threaded

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92058

VDB Entry http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036338

Third Party Advisory http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3039-1

Patch http://www.vulnerability-lab.com/get_content.php?id=1869

Patch https://github.com/django/django/commit/d03bf6fe4e9bf5b07de62c1a271c4b41a7d3d158

Patch https://github.com/django/django/commit/f68e5a99164867ab0e071a936470958ed867479d

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedorapro...

Patch https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2016/jul/18/security-releases/

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40129/

VDB Entry 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

and 14 more references

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high-risk

Severity 23/34 · High

Exploitability 19/34 · Moderate

Exposure 17/34 · Moderate