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CVE-2015-2241
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the contents function in admin/helpers.py in Django before 1.7.6 and 1.8 before 1.8b2 allows…
Medium4.3EPSS 2.1%
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- Updated
- Reserved
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- mitre
Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the contents function in admin/helpers.py in Django before 1.7.6 and 1.8 before 1.8b2 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a model attribute in ModelAdmin.readonly_fields, as demonstrated by a @property.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium4.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.1% · top 19% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.3.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- PyPIDjangoGHSA-6565-fg86-6jcx (opens in a new tab)
References (4)
- 73095 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- https://code.djangoproject.com/ticket/24461 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2015/mar/09/security-releases/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- MDVSA-2015:109 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-6565-fg86-6jcx (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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