# CVE-2017-12794: In Django 1.10.x before 1.10.8 and 1.11.x before 1.11.5, HTML autoescaping was disabled in a portion of the template for the technical 500 d

- Also known as: GHSA-9R8W-6X8C-6JR9, PYSEC-2017-44
- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 Nuclei template
- Fixed in: 1.10.8, 1.11.5
- Published: 2017-09-07 · Updated: 2024-08-05

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported
- django (PyPI): from 1.10a1, fixed in 1.10.8
- django (PyPI): from 1.11a1, fixed in 1.11.5
- django (PyPI): from 1.10, fixed in 1.10.8; from 1.11, fixed in 1.11.5

## Description

In Django 1.10.x before 1.10.8 and 1.11.x before 1.11.5, HTML autoescaping was disabled in a portion of the template for the technical 500 debug page. Given the right circumstances, this allowed a cross-site scripting attack. This vulnerability shouldn't affect most production sites since you shouldn't run with "DEBUG = True" (which makes this page accessible) in your production settings.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Django, upgrade to a fixed version (1.10.8, 1.11.5) per the references below.
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## References

- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3559-1/
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100643
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039264
- https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2017/sep/05/security-releases/
- https://github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/cves/2017/CVE-2017-12794.yaml

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