# CVE-2019-12308: An issue was discovered in Django 1.11 before 1.11.21, 2.1 before 2.1.9, and 2.2 before 2.2.2.

- Also known as: GHSA-7RP2-FM2H-WCHJ, PYSEC-2019-79
- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 1.11.21, 2.1.9, 2.2.2
- Published: 2019-06-03 · Updated: 2024-08-04

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported
- django (PyPI): from 1.11a1, fixed in 1.11.21
- django (PyPI): from 2.1a1, fixed in 2.1.9
- django (PyPI): from 2.2a1, fixed in 2.2.2
- django (PyPI): from 2.1, fixed in 2.1.9; from 1.11, fixed in 1.11.21; from 2.2, fixed in 2.2.2

## Description

An issue was discovered in Django 1.11 before 1.11.21, 2.1 before 2.1.9, and 2.2 before 2.2.2. The clickable Current URL value displayed by the AdminURLFieldWidget displays the provided value without validating it as a safe URL. Thus, an unvalidated value stored in the database, or a value provided as a URL query parameter payload, could result in an clickable JavaScript link.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Django, upgrade to a fixed version (1.11.21, 2.1.9, 2.2.2) per the references below.
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## References

- https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/releases/security/
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/06/03/2
- https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21topic/django-announce/GEbHU7YoVz8
- https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/releases/1.11.21/
- https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/releases/2.1.9/
- https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/releases/2.2.2/
- https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2019/jun/03/security-releases/
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/108559
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/06/msg00001.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/USYRARSYB7PE3S2ZQO7PZNWMH7RPGL5G/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4043-1/
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/07/msg00001.html
- https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4476
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Jul/10
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00006.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00025.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202004-17

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