CVE-2019-12308

Related Vulnerabilities: CVE-2019-12308  

Impact: Moderate Public Date: 2019-06-03 CWE: CWE-79 Bugzilla: 1715915: CVE-2019-12308 django: missing URL validation by AdminURLFieldWidget leads to generation of clickable unsafe JavaScript link causing cross site scripting An issue was discovered in Django 1.11 before 1.11.21, 2.1 before 2.1.9, and 2.2 before 2.2.2. The clickable Current URL value displayed by the AdminURLFieldWidget displays the provided value without validating it as a safe URL. Thus, an unvalidated value stored in the database, or a value provided as a URL query parameter payload, could result in an clickable JavaScript link.

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

An issue was discovered in Django 1.11 before 1.11.21, 2.1 before 2.1.9, and 2.2 before 2.2.2. The clickable Current URL value displayed by the AdminURLFieldWidget displays the provided value without validating it as a safe URL. Thus, an unvalidated value stored in the database, or a value provided as a URL query parameter payload, could result in an clickable JavaScript link.

Find out more about CVE-2019-12308 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

CVSS v3 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v3 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

CVSS3 Base Score 4.7
CVSS3 Base Metrics CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction Required
Scope Changed
Confidentiality None
Integrity Impact Low
Availability Impact None

Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat Satellite 6 python-django Affected
Red Hat OpenStack Platform Operational Tools 9 python-django Not affected
Red Hat OpenStack Platform 9.0 python-django Not affected
Red Hat OpenStack Platform 8.0 (Liberty) python-django Not affected
Red Hat OpenStack Platform 14.0 (Rocky) python-django Affected
Red Hat OpenStack Platform 13.0 (Queens) python-django Affected
Red Hat OpenStack Platform 10 python-django Not affected
Red Hat Gluster Storage 3 python-django Affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 8.0 Operational Tools for RHEL 7 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 7.0 (Kilo) for RHEL 7 python-django Not affected
Red Hat Ceph Storage 3 python-django Not affected
Red Hat Ceph Storage 2 Django Not affected
Red Hat Ceph Storage 2 python-django Not affected

Acknowledgements

Red Hat would like to thank the Django project for reporting this issue.

External References