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CVE-2015-2241

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory 2015-109

Severity Score

4.3
*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

1
*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

-
*KEV

Decision

-
*SSVC
Descriptions

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the contents function in admin/helpers.py in Django before 1.7.6 and 1.8 before 1.8b2 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a model attribute in ModelAdmin.readonly_fields, as demonstrated by a @property.

Vulnerabilidad de XSS en la función de contenidos en admin/helpers.py en Django anterior a 1.7.6 y 1.8 anterior a 1.8b2 permite a atacantes remotos inyectar secuencias de comandos web arbitrarios o HTML a través de un atributo de modelo en ModelAdmin.readonly_fields, tal y como fue demostrado por un @property.

Jedediah Smith discovered that Django incorrectly handled underscores in WSGI headers. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to spoof headers in certain environments. Mikko Ohtamaa discovered that Django incorrectly handled user-supplied redirect URLs. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to perform a cross-site scripting attack. Alex Gaynor discovered that Django incorrectly handled reading files in django.views.static.serve(). A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Django to consume resources, resulting in a denial of service. Keryn Knight discovered that Django incorrectly handled forms with ModelMultipleChoiceField. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a large number of SQL queries, resulting in a database denial of service. Note that this issue only affected python-django. Cross-site scripting vulnerability in the contents function in admin/helpers.py in Django before 1.7.6 and 1.8 before 1.8b2 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a model attribute in ModelAdmin.readonly_fields, as demonstrated by a \@property.

*Credits: N/A
CVSS Scores
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Partial
Availability
None
* Common Vulnerability Scoring System
SSVC
  • Decision:-
Exploitation
-
Automatable
-
Tech. Impact
-
* Organization's Worst-case Scenario
Timeline
  • 2015-03-09 CVE Reserved
  • 2015-03-12 CVE Published
  • 2024-08-06 CVE Updated
  • 2024-08-06 First Exploit
  • 2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
  • ---------- Exploited in Wild
  • ---------- KEV Due Date
CWE
  • CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
CAPEC
Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
Vendor Product Version Other Status
Vendor Product Version Other Status <-- --> Vendor Product Version Other Status
Djangoproject
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Django
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<= 1.7.5
Search vendor "Djangoproject" for product "Django" and version " <= 1.7.5"
-
Affected
Djangoproject
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Django
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1.8
Search vendor "Djangoproject" for product "Django" and version "1.8"
beta1
Affected