SB2015031204 - Cross-site scripting in Django

Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.

1) Cross-site scripting (CVE-ID: CVE-2015-2241)

Vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform XSS attacks.

The vulnerability is caused by an input validation error in the contents function in admin/helpers.py in Django before 1.7.6 and 1.8 before 1.8b2. A remote attacker can trick the victim to follow a specially crafted link and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in victim's browser in security context of vulnerable website.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to steal potentially sensitive information, change appearance of the web page, perform phishing and drive-by-download attacks.

Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References

• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:109
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/73095
• https://code.djangoproject.com/ticket/24461
• https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2015/mar/09/security-releases/