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CVE-2021-25986: Django-wiki - Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) in Notifications Section

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.4 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2021-11-23 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-79

Description

In Django-wiki, versions 0.0.20 to 0.7.8 are vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) in Notifications Section. An attacker who has access to edit pages can inject JavaScript payload in the title field. When a victim gets a notification regarding the changes made in the application, the payload in the notification panel renders and loads external JavaScript.

Affected products

• django-wiki: from 0.0.20 through 0.7.8

References

• https://github.com/django-wiki/django-wiki/commit/9eaccc7519e4206a4d2f22640882f0737b2da9c5
• https://www.whitesourcesoftware.com/vulnerability-database/CVE-2021-25986
• https://github.com/django-wiki/django-wiki/commit/9eaccc7519e4206a4d2f22640882f0737b2da9c5
• https://www.whitesourcesoftware.com/vulnerability-database/CVE-2021-25986

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