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CVE-2016-6186

Publication date 18 July 2016

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

6.1 · Medium

Score breakdown

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the dismissChangeRelatedObjectPopup function in contrib/admin/static/admin/js/admin/RelatedObjectLookups.js in Django before 1.8.14, 1.9.x before 1.9.8, and 1.10.x before 1.10rc1 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via vectors involving unsafe usage of Element.innerHTML.

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Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
python-django 16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 1.8.7-1ubuntu5.1
15.10 wily
Not affected
14.04 LTS trusty
Not affected
12.04 LTS precise
Not affected

Notes

mdeslaur

vulnerability is in RelatedObjectLookups.js. While debug.py was also changed, it doesn't contain a vulnerability, it was done as a preventative measure. Django 1.7.x and earlier don't contain the vulnerable code in RelatedObjectLookups.js.

Patch details

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Package Patch details
python-django

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 6.1 · Medium
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Scope Changed
Confidentiality Low
Integrity impact Low
Availability impact None
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

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