CVE-2020-13596

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Published 2020-06-05 · Modified 2023-12-06
CVSS v3
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CVSS v2
VIR risk
5.5

Description

An issue was discovered in Django 2.2 before 2.2.13 and 3.0 before 3.0.7. Query parameters generated by the Django admin ForeignKeyRawIdWidget were not properly URL encoded, leading to a possibility of an XSS attack.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
30%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-13596

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-13596.html

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: arch — https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-202006-8

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
arch archfixed3.0.7-1
suse slesaffected
debian debianbookwormfixed2:2.2.13-1
debian debianbullseyefixed2:2.2.13-1
debian debianforkyfixed2:2.2.13-1
debian debiansidfixed2:2.2.13-1
debian debiantrixiefixed2:2.2.13-1

Package impact

EcosystemPackageVulnerableFixed
python PyPIdjango>=2.2a1,<2.2.132.2.13
python PyPIdjango>=3.0a1,<3.0.73.0.7
python PyPIdjango>=3.0,<3.0.72.2.13

References

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.