CVE-2018-7537
An issue was discovered in Django 2.0 before 2.0.3, 1.11 before 1.11.11, and 1.8 before 1.8.19. If django.utils.text.Truncator's chars() and words() methods were passed the html=True argument, they
02 Description
An issue was discovered in Django 2.0 before 2.0.3, 1.11 before 1.11.11, and 1.8 before 1.8.19. If django.utils.text.Truncator's chars() and words() methods were passed the html=True argument, they
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
- 4.37% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 90.8% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 5.3 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
- 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
- 2018-03-09 20:00Z8 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-05 06:31Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2018-02-26
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- ac04dc0227ea24c8ea29e4ef672c17b518178698a575d57c99a622dc0e9a1485
05 Affected products
06 References
- usn.ubuntu.comUSN-3591-1https://usn.ubuntu.com/3591-1/
- lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20180308 [SECURITY] [DLA 1303-1] python-django security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/03/msg00006.html
- www.djangoproject.comhttps://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2018/mar/06/security-releases/
- access.redhat.comRHSA-2018:2927https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2927
- www.securityfocus.com103357http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103357
- access.redhat.comRHSA-2019:0265https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0265
- www.debian.orgDSA-4161https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4161
07 Fixed in
Arch Linux
- python-django Fixed in 1.11.11-1
Source: Arch Linux Security Tracker, the Arch Linux security team. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 12
- python-django Fixed in 1:1.11.11-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- python-django Fixed in 1:1.11.11-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- python-django Fixed in 1:1.11.11-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- python-django Fixed in 1.6.11-0ubuntu1.2
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- python-django Fixed in 1.8.7-1ubuntu5.6
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.