Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the AdminURLFieldWidget widget in…
Priority LOW 25CWE-79Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- — Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
- Attack complexity
- Medium
- Impact type
- Cross-site scripting
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · Partial · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-79.
Summary
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the AdminURLFieldWidget widget in contrib/admin/widgets.py in Django 1.5.x before 1.5.2 and 1.6.x before 1.6 beta 2 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a URLField.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.02893 86th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 2 exploit referencesTagged by NVD
Fix Fixed django (PyPI): 1.5.2
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
| — | django (PyPI) | 1.5 to before 1.5.2 | 1.5.2 | Patch available | GHSA-4894-5vqc-6r2r |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
- django (PyPI) Vendor— Affected 1.5 to before 1.5.2 Fixed in 1.5.2 Patch available GHSA-4894-5vqc-6r2r
CPE configurations NVD · 5
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:djangoproject:django:1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 1.5 | Vulnerable | djangoproject |
| cpe:2.3:a:djangoproject:django:1.5:alpha:*:*:*:*:*:* | 1.5 alpha | Vulnerable | djangoproject |
| cpe:2.3:a:djangoproject:django:1.5:beta:*:*:*:*:*:* | 1.5 beta | Vulnerable | djangoproject |
| cpe:2.3:a:djangoproject:django:1.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 1.5.1 | Vulnerable | djangoproject |
| cpe:2.3:a:djangoproject:django:1.6:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:* | 1.6 beta1 | Vulnerable | djangoproject |
- cpe:2.3:a:djangoproject:django:1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.5 Vulnerable ·djangoproject
- cpe:2.3:a:djangoproject:django:1.5:alpha:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.5 alpha Vulnerable ·djangoproject
- cpe:2.3:a:djangoproject:django:1.5:beta:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.5 beta Vulnerable ·djangoproject
- cpe:2.3:a:djangoproject:django:1.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.5.1 Vulnerable ·djangoproject
- cpe:2.3:a:djangoproject:django:1.6:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.6 beta1 Vulnerable ·djangoproject
Remediation
- Fix · GHSA-4894-5vqc-6r2r django (PyPI) Fixed in 1.5.2 Advisory →
Vendor assessments
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2013-4249
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-4894-5vqc-6r2r
References
Exploit 2
Other 6
- [oss-security] 20130814 [CVE request] Django 1.4.6 security release
- https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2013/aug/13/security-releases-issued
- [oss-security] 20130819 Re: [CVE request] Django 1.4.6 security release
- https://github.com/django/django
- https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/django/PYSEC-2013-19.yaml
- https://web.archive.org/web/20201208180405/http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1028915
More djangoproject Django vulnerabilities
- TI-2022-15177 An issue was discovered in Django 3.2 before 3.2.14 and 4.0 before 4.0.6. CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2020-05994 Django 1.11 before 1.11.28, 2.2 before 2.2.10, and 3.0 before 3.0.3 allows SQL Injection… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2023-10198 An issue was discovered in the Multipart Request Parser in Django 3.2 before 3.2.18, 4.0… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2019-14306 Django before 1.11.27, 2.x before 2.2.9, and 3.x before 3.0.1 allows account takeover. CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2019-10595 An issue was discovered in Django 1.11.x before 1.11.23, 2.1.x before 2.1.11, and 2.2.x… CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2021-14006 Django 3.1.x before 3.1.13 and 3.2.x before 3.2.5 allows QuerySet.order_by SQL injection… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
Sources
- CVE-2013-4249 · CVE Program
- CVE-2013-4249 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-4894-5vqc-6r2r · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2013-4249 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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