What is CVE-2021-46898?

CVE-2021-46898 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Vonautomatisch Django Grappelli, classified under URL Redirection to Untrusted Site (Open Redirect). CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2023-10-22.

How severe is CVE-2021-46898?

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

Open Redirect in Vonautomatisch Django Grappelli

CVE-2021-46898

views/switch.py in django-grappelli (aka Django Grappelli) before 2.15.2 attempts to prevent external redirection with startswith("/") but this does not consider a protocol-relative URL (e.g., //example.com) attack.

Vulnerability class: Open Redirect

Published 2023-10-22 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.005 (38.3th percentile), scored 2026-10-01.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 38th percentile — 38.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.005 · newest: 0.005 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Vonautomatisch Django Grappelli

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-601 — URL Redirection to Untrusted Site (Open Redirect)

References

github.com/sehmaschine/django-grappelli/issues/975 (Exploit, Issue Tracking)
github.com/sehmaschine/django-grappelli/pull/976 (Patch)
github.com/sehmaschine/django-grappelli/commit/4ca94bcda0fa2720594506853d85e00c… (Patch)
github.com/sehmaschine/django-grappelli/compare/2.15.1...2.15.2 (Release Notes)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-46898?: CVE-2021-46898 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Vonautomatisch Django Grappelli, classified under URL Redirection to Untrusted Site (Open Redirect). CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2023-10-22.
How severe is CVE-2021-46898?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.