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Medium severity · published Sep 7, 2017
CVE-2017-12794
In Django 1.10.x before 1.10.8 and 1.11.x before 1.11.5, HTML autoescaping was disabled in a portion of the template for the technical 500 debug page
6.1
CVSS
23.6%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
In Django 1.10.x before 1.10.8 and 1.11.x before 1.11.5, HTML autoescaping was disabled in a portion of the template for the technical 500 debug page. Given the right circumstances, this allowed a cross-site scripting attack. This vulnerability shouldn't affect most production sites since you shouldn't run with "DEBUG = True" (which makes this page accessible) in your production settings.
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)23.6% · higher than 98% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DJ
Django · Djangoproject
1.10.0; 1.10.1; 1.10.2; 1.10.3; 1.10.4; 1.10.5; +7 more · source: NVD
Affected product
DJ
Django
Djangoproject
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-12794
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-12794
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100643
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039264
usn.ubuntu.com
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3559-1/
Patch
https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2017/sep/05/security-releases/
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