CVE-2021-44649

MediumCVSS 5.4/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

Django CMS 3.7.3 does not validate the plugin_type parameter while generating error messages for an invalid plugin type, resulting in a Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability. The vulnerability allows an attacker to execute arbitrary JavaScript code in the web browser of the affected user.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 5.4/10CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Weakness enumeration

CWE-79

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

https://sahildhar.github.io/blogpost/Django-CMS-Reflected-XSS-Vulnerability/Exploit, Third Party Advisory
https://www.django-cms.org/en/blog/2020/07/22/django-cms-security-updates-1/Vendor Advisory
https://sahildhar.github.io/blogpost/Django-CMS-Reflected-XSS-Vulnerability/Exploit, Third Party Advisory
https://www.django-cms.org/en/blog/2020/07/22/django-cms-security-updates-1/Vendor Advisory

Timeline

Published: Jan 12, 2022
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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