CVE-2016-6186 EXPLOIT
6.1
MEDIUM · CVSS 3.0 · EPSS 5.6% (pctl 93)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
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.
Scoring
| CVSS | 6.1 (MEDIUM, v3.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N |
| EPSS | 5.58% — more likely to be exploited than 93% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-79 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2016-08-05 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-17 |
Affected (2)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| debian | debian linux |
| djangoproject | django |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | Django CMS 3.3.0 - Editor Snippet Persistent Cross-Site Scripting | 2016-07-20 |
References
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/137965/Django-3.3.0-Script-Insertion.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1594.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1595.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1596.html
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Jul/53
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3622
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/538947/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92058
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036338
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3039-1
- http://www.vulnerability-lab.com/get_content.php?id=1869
- https://github.com/django/django/commit/d03bf6fe4e9bf5b07de62c1a271c4b41a7d3d158
- https://github.com/django/django/commit/f68e5a99164867ab0e071a936470958ed867479d
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/DMLLFAUT4J4IP4P2KI4NOVWRMHA22WUJ/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/KHHPN6MISX5I6UTXQHYLPTLEEUE6WDXW/
- https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2016/jul/18/security-releases/
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40129/
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/137965/Django-3.3.0-Script-Insertion.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1594.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1595.html
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