PYSEC-2026-804

Vulnerability from pysec - Published: 2026-07-06 08:03 - Updated: 2026-07-07 11:30
VLAI
Details

Django REST framework (aka django-rest-framework) before 3.9.1 allows XSS because the default DRF Browsable API view templates disable autoescaping.

Severity
6.1 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Impacted products
Name purl
django-rest-framework pkg:pypi/django-rest-framework
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{
  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "PyPI",
        "name": "django-rest-framework",
        "purl": "pkg:pypi/django-rest-framework"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "3.9.1"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "0.1.0"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2018-25045",
    "GHSA-xqcf-hj92-967m"
  ],
  "details": "Django REST framework (aka django-rest-framework) before 3.9.1 allows XSS because the default DRF Browsable API view templates disable autoescaping.",
  "id": "PYSEC-2026-804",
  "modified": "2026-07-07T11:30:31.934936Z",
  "published": "2026-07-06T08:03:31.459915Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-25045"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/encode/django-rest-framework/pull/6191"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/encode/django-rest-framework/pull/6330"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/encode/django-rest-framework/commit/4bb9a3c48427867ef1e46f7dee945a4c25a4f9b8"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://github.com/encode/django-rest-framework"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://pypi.org/project/django-rest-framework"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-xqcf-hj92-967m"
    }
  ],
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "Django REST framework XSS Vulnerability"
}



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