CVE-2017-12794
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.
Predictions
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 | 1:1.11.5-1 |
| sid | Fixed | 1:1.11.5-1 |
| forky | Fixed | 1:1.11.5-1 |
| bullseye | Fixed | 1:1.11.5-1 |
| bookworm | Fixed | 1:1.11.5-1 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| djangoproject | django | 1.10.0 | |
| djangoproject | django | 1.10.1 | |
| djangoproject | django | 1.10.2 | |
| djangoproject | django | 1.10.3 | |
| djangoproject | django | 1.10.4 | |
| djangoproject | django | 1.10.5 | |
| djangoproject | django | 1.10.6 | |
| djangoproject | django | 1.10.7 | |
| djangoproject | django | 1.11.0 | |
| djangoproject | django | 1.11.1 | |
| djangoproject | django | 1.11.2 | |
| djangoproject | django | 1.11.3 | |
| djangoproject | django | 1.11.4 | |
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100643
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039264
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3559-1/
- https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2017/sep/05/security-releases/
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-12794
- https://github.com/django/django/commit/58e08e80e362db79eb0fd775dc81faad90dca47a
- https://github.com/django/django/commit/e35a0c56086924f331e9422daa266e907a4784cc
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-9r8w-6x8c-6jr9
- https://github.com/django/django
- https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/django/PYSEC-2017-44.yaml
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3559-1
- https://web.archive.org/web/20170927072701/http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039264
- https://web.archive.org/web/20200227150819/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100643
- https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2017/sep/05/security-releases
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-12794
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.