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CVE-2020-13596
- Severity: medium (CVSS 6.1 v3.1)
- Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
- EPSS: 2.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Public exploit or detection template: none known
- Published: 2020-06-03 · updated 2026-06-17
- Weakness: CWE-79
Description
An issue was discovered in Django 2.2 before 2.2.13 and 3.0 before 3.0.7. Query parameters generated by the Django admin ForeignKeyRawIdWidget were not properly URL encoded, leading to a possibility of an XSS attack.
Affected products
- Canonical Ubuntu Linux: 14.04, 16.04, 18.04, 19.10, 20.04
- Debian Linux: 9.0, 10.0
- Django: from 2.2 before 2.2.13; from 3.0 before 3.0.7 — fixed in 2.2.13, 3.0.7
- Fedoraproject Fedora: 32
- NetApp Sra Plugin: all versions
- NetApp Steelstore Cloud Integrated Storage: all versions
- Oracle Corporation Oracle ZFS Storage Appliance Kit: 8.8
How to fix
Upgrade to a fixed version: Django 2.2.13, 3.0.7. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.
References
- https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/3.0/releases/security/
- https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21msg/django-announce/pPEmb2ot4Fo/X-SMalYSBAAJ
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4A2AP4T7RKPBCLTI2NNQG3T6MINDUUMZ/
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200611-0002/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4381-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4381-2/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4705
- https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2020/jun/03/security-releases/
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2021.html
- https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/3.0/releases/security/
- https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21msg/django-announce/pPEmb2ot4Fo/X-SMalYSBAAJ
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4A2AP4T7RKPBCLTI2NNQG3T6MINDUUMZ/
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