Cross-site scripting in django-rest-framework - CVE-2020-25626
Published: September 30, 2020 / Updated: October 1, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU47245
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 5.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-25626
CWE-ID: CWE-79
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data. A remote attacker can trick the victim to follow a specially crafted link and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in user's browser in context of vulnerable website.
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.
Affected software
django-rest-framework
Ansible Tower
Ansible Automation Platform
djangorestframework (Debian package)
Ansible Tower
Ansible Automation Platform
djangorestframework (Debian package)
How to mitigate CVE-2020-25626
Install updates from vendor's website.
django-rest-framework - addressed in versions 3.11.2, 3.12.0
Ansible Tower - update to 3.7.3
Ansible Automation Platform - addressed in versions 1.0, 1.1
djangorestframework (Debian package) - update to 3.9.0-1+deb10u1
Ansible Tower - update to 3.7.3
Ansible Automation Platform - addressed in versions 1.0, 1.1
djangorestframework (Debian package) - update to 3.9.0-1+deb10u1