CVE-2016-6186

Public Exploit

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the dismissChangeRelatedObjectPopup function in contrib/admin/static/admin/js/admin/RelatedObjectLookups.js in Django before 1.8.14, 1.9.x before 1.9.8, and 1.10.x before 1.10rc1 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via vectors involving unsafe usage of Element.innerHTML.

Category

6.1
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 3.0 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 13.10% Top 10%
Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory djangoproject.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036338 vdb entry
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Jul/53 mailing list patch
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1594.html vendor advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3622 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/KHHPN6MISX5I6UTXQHYLPTLEEUE6WDXW/ vendor advisory
http://www.vulnerability-lab.com/get_content.php?id=1869 third party advisory patch
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/538947/100/0/threaded mailing list
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/137965/Django-3.3.0-Script-Insertion.html vdb entry
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3039-1 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/DMLLFAUT4J4IP4P2KI4NOVWRMHA22WUJ/ vendor advisory
https://github.com/django/django/commit/f68e5a99164867ab0e071a936470958ed867479d patch
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1596.html vendor advisory
https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2016/jul/18/security-releases/ patch vendor advisory
https://github.com/django/django/commit/d03bf6fe4e9bf5b07de62c1a271c4b41a7d3d158 patch
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92058 vdb entry
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1595.html vendor advisory
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40129/ exploit

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2016-6186?
CVE-2016-6186 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2016-6186?
To fix CVE-2016-6186, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2016-6186 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2016-6186 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~13% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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