{
    "id": "CVE-2016-6186",
    "published": "2016-08-05 15:59:09",
    "last_modified": "2026-06-17 00:50:36",
    "cvss_score": "6.1",
    "cvss_severity": "MEDIUM",
    "cvss_version": "3.0",
    "cvss_vector": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N",
    "cwe": "CWE-79",
    "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.",
    "epss_score": "0.05581",
    "epss_percentile": "0.92642",
    "kev": 0,
    "kev_due": null,
    "has_exploit": 1,
    "updated_at": "2026-10-02 18:17:17",
    "priority": {
        "rank": 2,
        "label": "Patch early",
        "why": "A public exploit exists."
    },
    "products": [
        {
            "vendor": "debian",
            "product": "debian_linux"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "djangoproject",
            "product": "django"
        }
    ],
    "kev_detail": null,
    "exploits": [
        {
            "source": "exploit-db",
            "ref_id": "40129",
            "title": "Django CMS 3.3.0 - Editor Snippet Persistent Cross-Site Scripting",
            "date": "2016-07-20",
            "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40129"
        }
    ],
    "refs_list": [
        "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",
        "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"
    ]
}