CVE-2020-13596

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.

Category

6.1
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 3.1 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 1.08% Top 25%
Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory djangoproject.com Vendor Advisory djangoproject.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4381-1/ third party advisory vendor advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4381-2/ third party advisory vendor advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4705 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4A2AP4T7RKPBCLTI2NNQG3T6MINDUUMZ/ vendor advisory
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2021.html third party advisory patch
https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/3.0/releases/security/ release notes vendor advisory
https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2020/jun/03/security-releases/ release notes vendor advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200611-0002/ third party advisory
https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21msg/django-announce/pPEmb2ot4Fo/X-SMalYSBAAJ

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2020-13596?
CVE-2020-13596 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2020-13596?
To fix CVE-2020-13596, 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-2020-13596 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2020-13596 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~1% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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