CVE-2015-2241
medium
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
4.3
Description
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.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
30%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
Debian Fixed 5 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 1.7.6-1 |
| sid | Fixed | 1.7.6-1 |
| forky | Fixed | 1.7.6-1 |
| bullseye | Fixed | 1.7.6-1 |
| bookworm | Fixed | 1.7.6-1 |
References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-2241
- https://github.com/django/django/commit/2654e1b93923bac55f12b4e66c5e39b16695ace5
- https://github.com/django/django/commit/82c9169077a066995e3b00aac551bf1c8a89d98a
- https://code.djangoproject.com/ticket/24461
- https://github.com/django/django
- https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/django/PYSEC-2015-8.yaml
- https://web.archive.org/web/20150523054951/http://www.mandriva.com/en/support/security/advisories/advisory/MDVSA-2015:109/?name=MDVSA-2015:109
- https://web.archive.org/web/20171112005349/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/73095
- https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2015/mar/09/security-releases
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:109
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/73095
- https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2015/mar/09/security-releases/
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-2241
CWEs
CWE-79
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.