CVE-2015-2241: djangoproject django
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2015-2241 is a medium (CVSS 4.3) vulnerability in djangoproject django. EPSS estimates a 2.07% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 81.4% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.
Not severe (CVSS 5.3, network access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources
Source freshness unavailable
How is this decided?Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 1Timeline
- 12-03-2015PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 06-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the contents function in admin/helpers.py in Django before 1.7.6 and 1.8 before 1.8b2 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a model attribute in ModelAdmin.readonly_fields, as demonstrated by a @property.
CVSS metrics
3 scores · 2 sources · 3 versionsEPSS trend
Probability
2.07%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
81%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
No change 0.00 pp
From 2.07% on 04-10-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEVNot in the CISA KEV catalog.
ENISA CNWNot in the ENISA CNW catalog.
CIRCLNot in the CIRCL catalog.
Public exploits
1 foundExploit Reference (code.djangoproject.com)
Maturity: unknown
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Known conditions: network-reachable, no authentication, user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.
Debian1 product
- python-django< 1.7.6-1
Djangoproject1 product
- django≤ 1.7.5 | 1.8:beta1
PyPI1 product
- django< 1.7.6 | ≥ 1.8a1, < 1.8b2
3 vendors · 3 products
References
14 links- www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2015/mar/09/security-releases/X Refsource CONFIRMVendor AdvisoryARTICLE
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:109Vendor AdvisoryX Refsource MANDRIVAWEBAdvisory
- github.com/django/djangoPACKAGE
