What is CVE-2021-44649?

CVE-2021-44649 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Django-Cms Django Cms, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2022-01-12.

How severe is CVE-2021-44649?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.

XSS in Django-Cms Django Cms

CVE-2021-44649

Django CMS 3.7.3 does not validate the plugin_type parameter while generating error messages for an invalid plugin type, resulting in a Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability. The vulnerability allows an attacker to execute arbitrary JavaScript code in the web browser of the affected user.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.006 (46.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Django-cms Django_cms
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-44649?: CVE-2021-44649 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Django-Cms Django Cms, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2022-01-12.
How severe is CVE-2021-44649?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.