6.1
MEDIUM
CVE-2024-21520
Django REST Framework Cross-site Scripting (XSS)
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.

INFO

Published Date :

June 26, 2024, 5:15 a.m.

Last Modified :

July 4, 2024, 3:15 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

2.7

Exploitability Score :

2.8
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2024-21520 has a 3 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2024-21520 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

No affected product recoded yet

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

A demonstration of common XSS vulnerabilities in Django Rest Framework applications. This repository showcases intentionally vulnerable code to educate developers on identifying and mitigating XSS attacks in DRF-based projects. For educational purposes only.

Python

Updated: 2 months, 2 weeks ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : May 26, 2024, 12:30 a.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.

None

Updated: 1 month, 1 week ago
1 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : March 25, 2022, 2:53 a.m. This repo has been linked 9 different CVEs too.

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security cve exploit poc vulnerability

Updated: 2 weeks, 6 days ago
6375 stars 1107 fork 1107 watcher
Born at : Dec. 8, 2019, 1:03 p.m. This repo has been linked 904 different CVEs too.

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2024-21520 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2024-21520 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jul. 04, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference Snyk https://github.com/encode/django-rest-framework/compare/3.15.1...3.15.2 [No types assigned]
  • CVE Received by [email protected]

    Jun. 26, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added 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.
    Added Reference Snyk https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-PYTHON-DJANGORESTFRAMEWORK-7252137 [No types assigned]
    Added Reference Snyk https://github.com/encode/django-rest-framework/pull/9435 [No types assigned]
    Added Reference Snyk https://github.com/encode/django-rest-framework/commit/3b41f0124194430da957b119712978fa2266b642 [No types assigned]
    Added CWE Snyk CWE-79
    Added CVSS V3.1 Snyk AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
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CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

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