CVE-2017-12794
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Description
In Django 1.10.x before 1.10.8 and 1.11.x before 1.11.5, HTML autoescaping was disabled in a portion of the template for the technical 500 debug page. Given the right circumstances, this allowed a cross-site scripting attack. This vulnerability shouldn't affect most production sites since you shouldn't run with "DEBUG = True" (which makes this page accessible) in your production settings.
Available Exploits
Django Debug Page - Cross-Site Scripting
Django 1.10.x before 1.10.8 and 1.11.x before 1.11.5 has HTML autoescaping disabled in a portion of the template for the technical 500 debug page. We detected that right circumstances (DEBUG=True) are present to allow a cross-site scripting attack.
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Advisory Details
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CVSS Vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
References
Advisory provided by GitHub Security Advisory Database. Published: January 4, 2019, Modified: September 18, 2024