Medium severity · published Aug 5, 2016
CVE-2016-6186
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the dismissChangeRelatedObjectPopup function in contrib/admin/static/admin/js/admin/RelatedObjectLookups.js in Django before 1.8.14,…
6.1
CVSS
5.6%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)5.6% · higher than 93% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
8.0 · source: NVD
DJ
Django · Djangoproject
through 1.8.13; 1.9; 1.9.0; 1.9.1; 1.9.2; 1.9.3; +6 more · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-6186
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-6186
VDB Entry
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/137965/Django-3.3.0-Script-Insertion.html
rhn.redhat.com
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1594.html
rhn.redhat.com
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1595.html
rhn.redhat.com
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
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