A cross-site scripting (XSS) flaw was found in Django. An attacker could exploit the unsafe usage of JavaScript's Element.innerHTML to forge content in the admin's add/change related pop-up. Element.textContent is now used to prevent XSS data execution.
Find out more about CVE-2016-6186 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
| Base Score | 4.3 |
|---|---|
| Base Metrics | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
| Access Vector | Network |
| Access Complexity | Medium |
| Authentication | None |
| Confidentiality Impact | None |
| Integrity Impact | Partial |
| Availability Impact | None |
| CVSS3 Base Score | 6.1 |
|---|---|
| CVSS3 Base Metrics | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N |
| Attack Vector | Network |
| Attack Complexity | Low |
| Privileges Required | None |
| User Interaction | Required |
| Scope | Changed |
| Confidentiality | Low |
| Integrity Impact | Low |
| Availability Impact | None |
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| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform 8.0 (Liberty) (python-django) | RHSA-2016:1596 | 2016-08-11 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 7.0 (Kilo) for RHEL 7 (python-django) | RHSA-2016:1595 | 2016-08-11 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 8.0 Operational Tools for RHEL 7 (python-django) | RHSA-2016:1594 | 2016-08-10 |
| Platform | Package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Subscription Asset Manager 1 | Django | Will not fix |
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform 9.0 | python-django | Not affected |
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform 10 | python-django | Not affected |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 7.0 Operational Tools for RHEL 7 | python-django | Not affected |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 6.0 (Juno) for RHEL 7 | python-django | Not affected |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5.0 (Icehouse) | python-django | Not affected |
| Red Hat Ceph Storage 1.3 | Django | Will not fix |
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