CVE-2017-6591
medium
CVSS v3
6.1
CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
6.1
Description
There is a cross-site scripting vulnerability in django-epiceditor 0.2.3 via crafted content in a form field.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
71%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
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Package impact
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| PyPI | django-epiceditor | | |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| django-epiceditor_project | django-epiceditor | 0.2.3 | |
References
- http://morningchen.com/2017/03/09/Cross-site-scripting-vulnerability-in-django-epiceditor/
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96946
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-6591
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-xp5m-4c9f-498q
- https://github.com/barraq/django-epiceditor
- https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/django-epiceditor/PYSEC-2017-86.yaml
- https://web.archive.org/web/20170706013108/http://www.morningchen.com/2017/03/09/Cross-site-scripting-vulnerability-in-django-epiceditor
- https://web.archive.org/web/20200227183140/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96946
CWEs
CWE-79
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.