Description
In Django 1.10.x before 1.10.8 and 1.11.x before 1.11.5, HTML autoescaping was disabled in a portion of the template for the technical 500 debug page. Given the right circumstances, this allowed a cross-site scripting attack. This vulnerability shouldn't affect most production sites since you shouldn't run with "DEBUG = True" (which makes this page accessible) in your production settings.
Metrics
CVSS 3.0 6.1/10
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:NWeakness enumeration
Affected software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| n/a | n/a | n/a |
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100643Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039264Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3559-1/
- https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2017/sep/05/security-releases/Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100643Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039264Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3559-1/
- https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2017/sep/05/security-releases/Patch, Vendor Advisory
Timeline
- Published
- Sep 7, 2017
- Last modified
- Jun 17, 2026
- NVD status
- Modified