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Django AdminURLFieldWidget XSS Vulnerability - Windows

🗓️ 26 Jun 2019 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2019 Greenbone AGType 
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Django AdminURLFieldWidget XSS Vulnerability - Windows. Cross-site scripting vulnerability in Django AdminURLFieldWidget

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# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2019 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only

CPE = "cpe:/a:djangoproject:django";

if(description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.142507");
  script_version("2025-09-16T05:38:45+0000");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2025-09-16 05:38:45 +0000 (Tue, 16 Sep 2025)");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2019-06-26 06:04:16 +0000 (Wed, 26 Jun 2019)");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"4.3");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N");
  script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N");
  script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
  script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2019-06-12 17:29:00 +0000 (Wed, 12 Jun 2019)");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2019-12308");

  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"package");

  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");

  script_name("Django AdminURLFieldWidget XSS Vulnerability - Windows");

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);

  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2019 Greenbone AG");
  script_family("Web application abuses");
  script_dependencies("gb_django_detect_win.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("django/windows/detected");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"Django is prone to a cross-site scripting vulnerability.");

  script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.");

  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"The clickable 'Current URL' link generated by 'AdminURLFieldWidget' displays
  the provided value without validating it as a safe URL. Thus, an unvalidated value stored in the database, or a
  value provided as a URL query parameter payload, could result in a clickable JavaScript link.");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Django versions 1.11 before 1.11.21, 2.1 before 2.1.9 and 2.2 before 2.2.2.");

  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Update to version 1.11.21, 2.1.9, 2.2.2 or later.");

  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/06/03/2");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/108559");

  exit(0);
}

include("host_details.inc");
include("version_func.inc");

if (!infos = get_app_version_and_location(cpe: CPE, exit_no_version: TRUE))
  exit(0);

version = infos["version"];
location = infos["location"];

if (version_in_range(version: version, test_version: "1.11", test_version2: "1.11.20")) {
  report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: version, fixed_version: "1.11.21", install_path: location);
  security_message(port: 0, data: report);
  exit(0);
}

if (version_in_range(version: version, test_version: "2.1", test_version2: "2.1.8")) {
  report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: version, fixed_version: "2.1.9", install_path: location);
  security_message(port: 0, data: report);
  exit(0);
}

if (version_in_range(version: version, test_version: "2.2", test_version2: "2.2.1")) {
  report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: version, fixed_version: "2.2.2", install_path: location);
  security_message(port: 0, data: report);
  exit(0);
}

exit(99);

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16 Sep 2025 00:00Current
6.7Medium risk
Vulners AI Score6.7
CVSS 24.3
CVSS 36.1
EPSS0.02382
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