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CVE-2018-25045

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.1 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2022-07-23 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-79

Description

Django REST framework (aka django-rest-framework) before 3.9.1 allows XSS because the default DRF Browsable API view templates disable autoescaping.

Affected products

• Django-Rest-Framework Django Rest Framework: before 3.9.1 — fixed in 3.9.1

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Django-Rest-Framework Django Rest Framework 3.9.1. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://github.com/encode/django-rest-framework/commit/4bb9a3c48427867ef1e46f7dee945a4c25a4f9b8
• https://github.com/encode/django-rest-framework/pull/6191
• https://github.com/encode/django-rest-framework/pull/6330
• https://github.com/encode/django-rest-framework/commit/4bb9a3c48427867ef1e46f7dee945a4c25a4f9b8
• https://github.com/encode/django-rest-framework/pull/6191
• https://github.com/encode/django-rest-framework/pull/6330

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