CVE-2016-6186
mediumpriority · track · 36EPSS 0.056 · 93 %ileexploit · functionalEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the dismissChangeRelatedObjectPopup function in contrib/admin/static/admin/js/admin/RelatedObjectLookups.js in Django before 1.8.14, 1.9.x before 1.9.8, and 1.10.x before 1.10rc1 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via vectors involving unsafe usage of Element.innerHTML.
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exploits (1)
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- EDB-40129Django CMS 3.3.0 - Editor Snippet Persistent Cross-Site Scriptingfunctional · exploit_db
affected products (17)
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advisories (2)
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- GHSA-c8c8-9472-w52hDjango Cross-site scripting Vulnerability2022-05-14ghsa · osvUS
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the `dismissChangeRelatedObjectPopup` function in `contrib/admin/static/admin/js/admin/RelatedObjectLookups.js` in Django before 1.8.14, 1.9.x before 1.9.8, and 1.10.x before 1.10rc1 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via vectors involving unsafe usage of Element.innerHTML.
- PYSEC-2016-22016-08-05vendor · osvUS
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the dismissChangeRelatedObjectPopup function in contrib/admin/static/admin/js/admin/RelatedObjectLookups.js in Django before 1.8.14, 1.9.x before 1.9.8, and 1.10.x before 1.10rc1 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via vectors involving unsafe usage of Element.innerHTML.
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references (45)
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- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/137965/Django-3.3.0-Script-Insertion.htmlcnnvd
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Jul/53cnnvd
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3622cnnvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/538947/100/0/threadedcnnvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92058cnnvd
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036338cnnvd
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3039-1cnnvd
- http://www.vulnerability-lab.com/get_content.php?id=1869cnnvd
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