XSS in Djangoproject Django

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. Given the right circumstances, this allowed a cross-site scripting attack. This vulnerab…

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.097 (93.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

  • cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_UBUNTU, vendor-advisory)
  • cve@mitre.org (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
  • cve@mitre.org (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK)
  • cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-12794?
CVE-2017-12794 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Djangoproject Django, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2017-09-07.
How severe is CVE-2017-12794?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.
Is CVE-2017-12794 known to be exploited?
21 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.