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TI-2021-02852 Aliases CVE-2021-3950GHSA-vfrc-ggmc-5jwv

Cross-site Scripting (XSS) - Stored in django-helpdesk/django-helpdesk

Priority LOW 26CWE-79Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
Required
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Cross-site scripting
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Low · Low · None
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-79.

Summary

django-helpdesk is vulnerable to Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.00803 56th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix Fixed django-helpdesk/django-helpdesk (django-helpdesk): 0.3.1django-helpdesk (PyPI): 0.3.2

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
django-helpdeskdjango-helpdesk/django-helpdeskbefore 0.3.10.3.1Patch availableCNA
—django-helpdesk (PyPI)before 0.3.20.3.2Patch availableGHSA-vfrc-ggmc-5jwv
  • django-helpdesk/django-helpdesk Vendordjango-helpdesk Affected before 0.3.1 Fixed in 0.3.1 Patch available CNA
  • django-helpdesk (PyPI) Vendor— Affected before 0.3.2 Fixed in 0.3.2 Patch available GHSA-vfrc-ggmc-5jwv

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:django-helpdesk_project:django-helpdesk:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*before 0.3.1Vulnerabledjango-helpdesk
  • cpe:2.3:a:django-helpdesk_project:django-helpdesk:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 0.3.1 Vulnerable ·django-helpdesk

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA django-helpdesk/django-helpdesk (django-helpdesk) Fixed in 0.3.1
  • Fix · GHSA-vfrc-ggmc-5jwv django-helpdesk (PyPI) Fixed in 0.3.2 Advisory →

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

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Not affected: 1 product
  • Red Hat

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2021-3950
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-vfrc-ggmc-5jwv

References

Exploit 1

Patch 1

Advisory 2

Other 3

  • TI-2018-15337 django-helpdesk before 1.0.0 allows Sensitive Data Exposure because of os.umask(0) in models.py. CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.1
  • TI-2021-02891 Cross-site Scripting (XSS) - Stored in django-helpdesk/django-helpdesk CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.6
  • TI-2021-02849 Cross-site Scripting (XSS) - Stored in django-helpdesk/django-helpdesk CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.1

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