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CVE-2020-13596
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…
Medium6.1EPSS 2.9%
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- mitre
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium6.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.9% · top 13% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.1.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- PyPIDjangoGHSA-2m34-jcjv-45xf (opens in a new tab)
References (9)
- USN-4381-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- USN-4381-2 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- DSA-4705 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- FEDORA-2020-c2639662af (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2021.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/3.0/releases/security/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2020/jun/03/security-releases/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200611-0002/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21msg/django-announce/pPEmb2ot4Fo/X-SMalYSBAAJ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_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-2m34-jcjv-45xf (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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