CVE-2016-6186
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
02 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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 5.58% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 92.5% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 6.1 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2016-08-05 15:00Z10 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 01:22Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2016-07-08
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-79Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')Base
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- b874bb3875d7d2c77c5dfffafff510a7dbc1a1532ed987e7f6d655304ad452e5
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.securitytracker.com1036338http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036338
- seclists.org20160719 Django CMS v3.3.0 - (Editor Snippet) Persistent Web Vulnerability (CVE-2016-6186)http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Jul/53
- rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2016:1594http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1594.html
- www.debian.orgDSA-3622http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3622
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2016-97ca9d52a4https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/KHHPN6MISX5I6UTXQHYLPTLEEUE6WDXW/
- www.vulnerability-lab.comhttp://www.vulnerability-lab.com/get_content.php?id=1869
- www.securityfocus.com20160719 Django CMS v3.3.0 - (Editor Snippet) Persistent Web Vulnerability (CVE-2016-6186)http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/538947/100/0/threaded
- packetstormsecurity.comhttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/137965/Django-3.3.0-Script-Insertion.html
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-3039-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3039-1
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2016-b7e31a0b9ahttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/DMLLFAUT4J4IP4P2KI4NOVWRMHA22WUJ/
- github.comhttps://github.com/django/django/commit/f68e5a99164867ab0e071a936470958ed867479d
- rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2016:1596http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1596.html
- www.djangoproject.comhttps://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2016/jul/18/security-releases/
- github.comhttps://github.com/django/django/commit/d03bf6fe4e9bf5b07de62c1a271c4b41a7d3d158
- www.securityfocus.com92058http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92058
- rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2016:1595http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1595.html
- www.exploit-db.com40129https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40129/
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- python-django Fixed in 1:1.9.8-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- python-django Fixed in 1:1.9.8-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- python-django Fixed in 1:1.9.8-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- python-django Fixed in 1.8.7-1ubuntu5.1
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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