Fantomas42 django-blog-zinnia up to 0.20 Protected Entry Password entry_protection.py cleartext storage

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A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Fantomas42 django-blog-zinnia up to 0.20. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the file zinnia/views/mixins/entry_protection.py of the component Protected Entry Password Handler. This manipulation causes cleartext storage. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2026-16213. The attack can only be executed locally. There is no exploit available. The project was informed of the problem early through an issue report but has not responded yet.

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A vulnerability has been found in Fantomas42 django-blog-zinnia up to 0.20 and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown processing of the file zinnia/views/mixins/entry_protection.py of the component Protected Entry Password Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cleartext storage vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-312. The product stores sensitive information in cleartext within a resource that might be accessible to another control sphere. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality.

The advisory is shared at github.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2026-16213. The exploitation appears to be easy. An attack has to be approached locally. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1555 for this issue.

The project was informed of the problem early through an issue report but has not responded yet.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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Type

• Content Management System

Vendor

• Fantomas42

Name

• django-blog-zinnia

Version

• 0.1
• 0.2
• 0.3
• 0.4
• 0.5
• 0.6
• 0.7
• 0.8
• 0.9
• 0.10
• 0.11
• 0.12
• 0.13
• 0.14
• 0.15
• 0.16
• 0.17
• 0.18
• 0.19
• 0.20

Website

• Product: https://github.com/Fantomas42/django-blog-zinnia/

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Accepted

• Submit #857944: Fantomas42 django-blog-zinnia 881101a9d1d455b2fc581d6f4ae0947cdd8126c6 CWE-312 Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information (by GalaxynX)

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