Cross-site scripting in Django - CVE-2019-12308
Published: June 4, 2019
Vulnerability identifier: #VU18672
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-12308
CWE-ID: CWE-79
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Django Software Foundation
Affected software:
Django
Django
Detailed vulnerability description
The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of URL within the AdminURLFieldWidget. A remote attacker can trick the victim to follow a specially crafted link and display a clickable JavaScript link.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to steal potentially sensitive information, change appearance of the web page, perform phishing and drive-by-download attacks.
How to mitigate CVE-2019-12308
Install updates from vendor's website.
Sources
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/06/03/2
- https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/releases/1.11.21/
- https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/releases/2.1.9/
- https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/releases/2.2.2/
- https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/releases/security/
- https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/django-announce/GEbHU7YoVz8
- https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2019/jun/03/security-releases/