What is CVE-2019-12308?

CVE-2019-12308 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Djangoproject Django, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2019-06-03.

How severe is CVE-2019-12308?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.

Is CVE-2019-12308 known to be exploited?

2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

XSS in Djangoproject Django

CVE-2019-12308

An issue was discovered in Django 1.11 before 1.11.21, 2.1 before 2.1.9, and 2.2 before 2.2.2. The clickable Current URL value displayed by the AdminURLFieldWidget displays the provided value without validating it as a safe URL. Thus, an unvalidated value stored in the database, or a value provided as a URL query parameter payload, could result in an clickable JavaScript link.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2019-06-03 · last modified 2026-06-17.

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.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.024 (83.4th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 83rd percentile — 83.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.024 · newest: 0.024 · change: +0.000

Affected products

Djangoproject Django

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/releases/security/ (Vendor Advisory)
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/06/03/2 (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
groups.google.com/forum/
docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/releases/1.11.21/ (Vendor Advisory)
docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/releases/2.1.9/ (Vendor Advisory)
docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/releases/2.2.2/ (Vendor Advisory)
www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2019/jun/03/security-releases/ (Vendor Advisory)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/108559 (vdb-entry)
lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/06/msg00001.html (mailing-list)
lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/… (vendor-advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-12308?: CVE-2019-12308 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Djangoproject Django, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2019-06-03.
How severe is CVE-2019-12308?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.
Is CVE-2019-12308 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.