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GHSA-8RMJ-XGQ5-W9QM

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-08-04 18:31 – Updated: 2026-08-04 18:31

Details

An issue was discovered in Django 5.2 before 5.2.17 and 6.0 before 6.0.8. django.contrib.admin.utils.display_for_field() renders URLField values as clickable links in the admin without validating the URL. A value stored with an unsafe scheme is displayed as a link on changelist and read-only admin pages, which allows cross-site scripting against staff users who click the link. Exploitation requires the unsafe value to already be stored in the database. URLField validation through a ModelForm or the admin rejects unsafe schemes, so this affects applications that persist URLField data without running model validation, for example through direct queryset writes, deserialization, or bulk import of untrusted input. Django would like to thank Egor Saltykov for reporting this issue.

Severity

6.1 (Medium)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

5.1 (Medium)


                  
                    CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N

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CVE-2026-15920 (GCVE-0-2026-15920)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-04 15:48 – Updated: 2026-08-04 17:21

Title

Potential cross-site scripting via URLField values in the admin

Summary

An issue was discovered in Django 5.2 before 5.2.17 and 6.0 before 6.0.8. `django.contrib.admin.utils.display_for_field()` renders `URLField` values as clickable links in the admin without validating the URL. A value stored with an unsafe scheme is displayed as a link on changelist and read-only admin pages, which allows cross-site scripting against staff users who click the link. Exploitation requires the unsafe value to already be stored in the database. `URLField` validation through a `ModelForm` or the admin rejects unsafe schemes, so this affects applications that persist `URLField` data without running model validation, for example through direct queryset writes, deserialization, or bulk import of untrusted input. Django would like to thank Egor Saltykov for reporting this issue.

Severity

6.1 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

5.1 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)

CWE

CWE-83 - Improper Neutralization of Script in Attributes in a Web Page

Assigner

DSF

References

7 references

URL	Tags
https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/releases/se…	vendor-advisory
https://groups.google.com/g/django-announce	mailing-list
https://github.com/django/django/commit/47511a210…	patch
https://github.com/django/django/commit/5a260d309…	patch
https://github.com/django/django/commit/13debb622…	patch
https://github.com/django/django/commit/b9adb8133…	patch
https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2026/aug/04/…	vendor-advisory

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
djangoproject	Django	Affected: 6.0 , < 6.0.8 (python) Unaffected: 6.0.8 (python) Affected: 5.2 , < 5.2.17 (python) Unaffected: 5.2.17 (python)

Date Public

2026-08-04 10:00

Credits

Egor Saltykov Natalia Bidart Natalia Bidart

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CVE-2026-15920 (GCVE-0-2026-15920)

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