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CVE-2022-22818 (GCVE-0-2022-22818)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-02-03 00:00 – Updated: 2024-08-03 03:21
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Summary
The {% debug %} template tag in Django 2.2 before 2.2.27, 3.2 before 3.2.12, and 4.0 before 4.0.2 does not properly encode the current context. This may lead to XSS.
Severity
6.1 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CWE
  • n/a
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