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CVE-2019-12308

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.1 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2019-06-03 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-79

Description

An issue was discovered in Django 1.11 before 1.11.21, 2.1 before 2.1.9, and 2.2 before 2.2.2. The clickable Current URL value displayed by the AdminURLFieldWidget displays the provided value without validating it as a safe URL. Thus, an unvalidated value stored in the database, or a value provided as a URL query parameter payload, could result in an clickable JavaScript link.

Affected products

• Django: from 1.11 before 1.11.21; from 2.1 before 2.1.9; from 2.2 before 2.2.2 — fixed in 1.11.21, 2.1.9, 2.2.2

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Django 1.11.21, 2.1.9, 2.2.2. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00006.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00025.html
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/06/03/2
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/108559
• https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/releases/1.11.21/
• https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/releases/2.1.9/
• https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/releases/2.2.2/
• https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/releases/security/
• https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21topic/django-announce/GEbHU7YoVz8
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/06/msg00001.html
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/07/msg00001.html
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/USYRARSYB7PE3S2ZQO7PZNWMH7RPGL5G/

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