Cross-site Scripting (XSS) - Stored in django-helpdesk/django-helpdesk
Priority MEDIUM 44CWE-79Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Cross-site scripting
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- 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 0.01399 72nd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix Fixed django-helpdesk/django-helpdesk (django-helpdesk): 0.3.2django-helpdesk (PyPI): 0.3.2
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| django-helpdesk | django-helpdesk/django-helpdesk | before 0.3.2 | 0.3.2 | Patch available | CNA |
| — | django-helpdesk (PyPI) | before 0.3.2 | 0.3.2 | Patch available | GHSA-2v5j-q74q-r53f |
- django-helpdesk/django-helpdesk Vendordjango-helpdesk Affected before 0.3.2 Fixed in 0.3.2 Patch available CNA
- django-helpdesk (PyPI) Vendor— Affected before 0.3.2 Fixed in 0.3.2 Patch available GHSA-2v5j-q74q-r53f
CPE configurations NVD · 1
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:django-helpdesk_project:django-helpdesk:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | before 0.3.2 | Vulnerable | django-helpdesk |
- cpe:2.3:a:django-helpdesk_project:django-helpdesk:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 0.3.2 Vulnerable ·django-helpdesk
Remediation
- Fix · CNA django-helpdesk/django-helpdesk (django-helpdesk) Fixed in 0.3.2
- Fix · GHSA-2v5j-q74q-r53f django-helpdesk (PyPI) Fixed in 0.3.2 Advisory →
Vendor assessments
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2021-3994
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-2v5j-q74q-r53f
References
Patch 1
Advisory 2
More Django-helpdesk vulnerabilities
- 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-2021-02849 Cross-site Scripting (XSS) - Stored in django-helpdesk/django-helpdesk CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.1
- TI-2021-02852 Cross-site Scripting (XSS) - Stored in django-helpdesk/django-helpdesk CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.4
Sources
- CVE-2021-3994 · CVE Program
- CVE-2021-3994 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-2v5j-q74q-r53f · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2021-3994 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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