Django CMS 1.9/1.10/1.11 Technical 500 Template cross site scripting
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A vulnerability has been found in Django CMS 1.9/1.10/1.11 (Content Management System) and classified as problematic. This vulnerability affects some unknown processing of the component Technical 500 Template. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-79. The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users. As an impact it is known to affect integrity.
The bug was discovered 09/05/2017. The weakness was presented 09/05/2017 as Django security releases issued: 1.11.5 and 1.10.8 as confirmed news (Website). The advisory is shared for download at djangoproject.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2017-12794 since 08/10/2017. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1059.007.
The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 103233 (Fedora 26 : python-django (2017-8614a6e905)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Fedora Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 171064 (OpenSUSE Security Update for python-Django (openSUSE-SU-2018:0826-1)).
Upgrading to version 1.10.8 or 1.11.5 eliminates this vulnerability. It is possible to mitigate the problem by applying the configuration setting DEBUG = False
. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability. The news contains the following remark:
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.
The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (103233). See 90143, 92215 and 93264 for similar entries.
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Class: Cross site scriptingCWE: CWE-79 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
ATT&CK: T1059.007
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Nessus ID: 103233
Nessus Name: Fedora 26 : python-django (2017-8614a6e905)
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OpenVAS ID: 867773
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Upgrade: CMS 1.10.8/1.11.5
Config: DEBUG = False
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Advisory: Django security releases issued: 1.11.5 and 1.10.8Researcher: Charles Bideau
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2017-12794 (🔍)
SecurityTracker: 1039264
SecurityFocus: 100643 - Django CVE-2017-12794 Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability
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Entry
Created: 09/07/2017 09:15Updated: 01/11/2021 07:52
Changes: 09/07/2017 09:15 (75), 11/13/2019 10:47 (11), 01/11/2021 07:47 (2), 01/11/2021 07:52 (1)
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