CVE-2024-21520

Aliases:GHSA-gw84-84pc-xp82
Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 4
Deferred
Published: 26 Jun 2024, 05:00
Last modified:31 Dec 2024, 10:10

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
26/100
CVSS Score
6.1 MEDIUM
v3.1 (nvd)
EPSS Score
8.4% LOW
8% probability -7.87%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

26 Jun 2024, 05:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
31 Dec 2024, 10:10
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

Versions of the package djangorestframework before 3.15.2 are vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting (XSS) via the break_long_headers template filter due to improper input sanitization before splitting and joining with <br> tags.

CVSS Metrics

  • v4.0•MEDIUM•Score: 5.3CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N/E:P
  • v4.0•LOW•Score: 2.1CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N/E:P/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
  • v3.1•MEDIUM•Score: 6.1CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 8.40%• Percentile: 92%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-79•Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

    The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users.

Affected Systems

  • PyPI•djangorestframework

    < 3.15.2

References (6)