django: XSS in admin's add/change related popup
Published Aug 5, 2016
5.3
MEDIUMCVSS 4.0
EPSS 5.58%
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.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 1
- 8.0
Configuration 2
- ≤ 1.8.13
- 1.9
- 1.9.0
- 1.9.1
- 1.9.2
- 1.9.3
- 1.9.4
- 1.9.5
- 1.9.6
- 1.9.7
- 1.10
- 1.10
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 7.0 (Kilo) for RHEL 7
python-django-0:1.8.14-1.el7ost
Fixed · RHSA-2016:1595
Red Hat OpenStack Platform 8.0 (Liberty)
python-django-0:1.8.14-1.el7ost
Fixed · RHSA-2016:1596
Red Hat OpenStack Platform 8.0 Operational Tools for RHEL 7
python-django-0:1.8.14-1.el7ost
Fixed · RHSA-2016:1594
Red Hat Ceph Storage 1.3
Django
Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5 (Icehouse)
python-django
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 6 (Juno)
python-django
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 7 (Kilo) Operational Tools
python-django
Not affected
Red Hat OpenStack Platform 10 (Newton)
python-django
Not affected
Red Hat OpenStack Platform 9 (Mitaka)
python-django
Not affected
Red Hat Subscription Asset Manager
Django
Will not fix
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 7.0 (Kilo) for RHEL 7 | python-django-0:1.8.14-1.el7ost | Fixed | RHSA-2016:1595 |
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform 8.0 (Liberty) | python-django-0:1.8.14-1.el7ost | Fixed | RHSA-2016:1596 |
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform 8.0 Operational Tools for RHEL 7 | python-django-0:1.8.14-1.el7ost | Fixed | RHSA-2016:1594 |
| Red Hat Ceph Storage 1.3 | Django | Will not fix | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5 (Icehouse) | python-django | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 6 (Juno) | python-django | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 7 (Kilo) Operational Tools | python-django | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform 10 (Newton) | python-django | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform 9 (Mitaka) | python-django | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Subscription Asset Manager | Django | Will not fix | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (20 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 5.58% (0.05581) | 92.64th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Sep 22, 2026 | 5.58% (0.05581) | 92.53th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Sep 21, 2026 | 6.65% (0.06652) | 93.66th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Sep 6, 2026 | 5.58% (0.05581) | 92.36th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Sep 5, 2026 | 6.65% (0.06652) | 93.52th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Aug 30, 2026 | 5.58% (0.05581) | 92.32th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Aug 28, 2026 | 6.65% (0.06652) | 93.48th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Aug 24, 2026 | 5.58% (0.05581) | 92.27th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Aug 23, 2026 | 6.65% (0.06652) | 93.45th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 5.54% (0.05536) | 91.79th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| May 24, 2026 | 16.37% (0.16367) | 94.95th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Apr 16, 2025 | 13.10% (0.13095) | 93.67th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 14.15% (0.14149) | 93.77th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 5.15% (0.05145) | 82.73th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 14.15% (0.14149) | 93.85th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.37% (0.00370) | 73.48th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 0.37% (0.00370) | 71.84th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.37% (0.00370) | 68.31th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 23.44% (0.23437) | 96.70th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 23.44% (0.23437) | 94.73th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (29)
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/137965/Django-3.3.0-Script-Insertion.html x_refsource_MISCVDB Entry
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1594.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1595.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
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- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3039-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUThird Party Advisory
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- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/DMLLFAUT4J4IP4P2KI4NOVWRMHA22WUJ
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- https://web.archive.org/web/20201022155237/http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/538947/100/0/threaded
- https://web.archive.org/web/20210123154652/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92058
- https://web.archive.org/web/20211204042848/http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036338
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-6186
- https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2016/jul/18/security-releases x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40129 exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
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