SB2019060403 - Cross-site scripting in Django
Published: June 4, 2019 Updated: March 6, 2024
Breakdown by Severity
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Description
This security bulletin contains information about 2 secuirty vulnerabilities.
1) Cross-site scripting (CVE-ID: CVE-2019-12308)
The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of URL within the AdminURLFieldWidget. A remote attacker can trick the victim to follow a specially crafted link and display a clickable JavaScript link.
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.
2) Prototype pollution (CVE-ID: CVE-2019-11358)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary JavaScript code.
The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted input to the application and perform prototype pollution, which can result in information disclosure or data manipulation.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/06/03/2
- https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/releases/1.11.21/
- https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/releases/2.1.9/
- https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/releases/2.2.2/
- https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/releases/security/
- https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/django-announce/GEbHU7YoVz8
- https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2019/jun/03/security-releases/