CVE-2013-4249 json
Django cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the AdminURLFieldWidget widget
published 2013-10-04 13 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also GHSA-4894-5vqc-6r2r , PYSEC-2013-19 , EUVD-2013-0007
- cvss
- 6.1
- version 3.1, GitHub
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 2.9%
- EPSS 2.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 87%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the AdminURLFieldWidget widget in contrib/admin/widgets.py in Django 1.5.x before 1.5.2 and 1.6.x before 1.6 beta 2 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a URLField.
Patch / fix
- pypi django 1.5.2
- python-django Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1.5.2-1
debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2013-4249
Vendor advisories
What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.
red hat product security vex CVE-2013-4249 updated cvss 4.3
python-django: XSS in admin interface
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Red Hat All currently supported Red Hat productsnot affected: vulnerable code not present
Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf
Exploit prediction
2.89% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 87% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).
Exploits and checks
- github.com https://github.com/django/django/commit/90363e388c61874add3f3557ee654a996ec75d78 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
- github.com https://github.com/django/django/commit/cbe6d5568f4f5053ed7228ca3c3d0cce77cf9560 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVD | 2.0 | 4.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
| GitHub | 3.1 | 6.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N |
Affected packages
| ecosystem | package | affected | fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| pypi | django | >=1.5, <1.5.2 |
1.5.2 |
Classification
- Weakness
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- CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation
- Technology feeds
References
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github.com
/django/django/commit/90363e388c61874add3f3557ee654a996ec75d78
web, exploit, patch
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github.com
/django/django/commit/cbe6d5568f4f5053ed7228ca3c3d0cce77cf9560
web, exploit, patch
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secunia.com
/advisories/54476
third-party-advisory, vendor-advisory, advisory
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securitytracker.com
/id/1028915
vdb-entry, web
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seclists.org
/oss-sec/2013/q3/369
mailing-list, web
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exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
/vulnerabilities/86438
vdb-entry, web
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djangoproject.com
/weblog/2013/aug/13/security-releases-issued
web, article
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seclists.org
/oss-sec/2013/q3/411
mailing-list, web
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nvd.nist.gov
/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-4249
advisory
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github.com
/django/django
package
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github.com
/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/django/PYSEC-2013-19.yaml
web
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web.archive.org
/web/20201208180405/http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1028915
web
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github.com
/advisories/GHSA-4894-5vqc-6r2r
advisory
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2013-4249
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-4894-5vqc-6r2r
- NVD CVE-2013-4249
- OSV PYSEC-2013-19
Fencer Intel keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.