CVE-2024-21520 (GCVE-0-2024-21520)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-06-26 05:00 – Updated: 2024-12-31 10:10
VLAI
Summary
Versions of the package djangorestframework before 3.15.2 are vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting (XSS) via the break_long_headers template filter due to improper input sanitization before splitting and joining with <br> tags.
Severity
6.1 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N/E:P
SSVC
Exploitation: poc Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-06-26 13:25 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-79 - Cross-site Scripting (XSS)
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
n/a djangorestframework Affected: 0 , < 3.15.2 (semver)
django-rest-framework django_rest_framework Affected: 0 , < 3.15.2 (custom)
    cpe:2.3:a:django-rest-framework:django_rest_framework:3.15.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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Credits
ch4n3-yoon
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