CVE-2016-6186
Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the dismissChangeRelatedObjectPopup function in contrib/admin/static/admin/js/admin/RelatedObjectLookups.js in Django before 1.8.14, 1.9.x before 1.9.8, and 1.10.x before 1.10rc1 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via vectors involving unsafe usage of Element.innerHTML.
Predictions
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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Exploits
Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.
Exploit-DB
Django CMS 3.3.0 - Editor Snippet Persistent Cross-Site Scripting
OS impact
SUSE Affected 1 release
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| — | Affected | — |
Debian Mixed 6 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 1:1.9.8-1 |
| sid | Fixed | 1:1.9.8-1 |
| forky | Fixed | 1:1.9.8-1 |
| bullseye | Fixed | 1:1.9.8-1 |
| bookworm | Fixed | 1:1.9.8-1 |
| 8.0 | Affected | — |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| djangoproject | django | {"endIncluding":"1.8.13"} | |
| djangoproject | django | 1.9 | |
| djangoproject | django | 1.9.0 | |
| djangoproject | django | 1.9.1 | |
| djangoproject | django | 1.9.2 | |
| djangoproject | django | 1.9.3 | |
| djangoproject | django | 1.9.4 | |
| djangoproject | django | 1.9.5 | |
| djangoproject | django | 1.9.6 | |
| djangoproject | django | 1.9.7 | |
| djangoproject | django | 1.10 | |
References
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/137965/Django-3.3.0-Script-Insertion.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1594.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1595.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1596.html
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Jul/53
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3622
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/538947/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92058
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036338
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3039-1
- http://www.vulnerability-lab.com/get_content.php?id=1869
- https://github.com/django/django/commit/d03bf6fe4e9bf5b07de62c1a271c4b41a7d3d158
- https://github.com/django/django/commit/f68e5a99164867ab0e071a936470958ed867479d
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/DMLLFAUT4J4IP4P2KI4NOVWRMHA22WUJ/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/KHHPN6MISX5I6UTXQHYLPTLEEUE6WDXW/
- https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2016/jul/18/security-releases/
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40129/
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-6186.html
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-6186
- https://github.com/django/django/commit/6fa150b2f8b601668083042324c4add534143cb1
- https://github.com/django/django
- https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/django/PYSEC-2016-2.yaml
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/DMLLFAUT4J4IP4P2KI4NOVWRMHA22WUJ
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/KHHPN6MISX5I6UTXQHYLPTLEEUE6WDXW
- https://web.archive.org/web/20201022155237/http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/538947/100/0/threaded
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.