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PYSEC-2015-8

Quick fix

PYSEC-2015-8 — django: upgrade to the fixed version with the command below.

pip install --upgrade 'django>=1.7.6'

Details

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the contents function in admin/helpers.py in Django before 1.7.6 and 1.8 before 1.8b2 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a model attribute in ModelAdmin.readonly_fields, as demonstrated by a @property.

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Affected packages

PyPI/django

Introduced in: 0Fixed in: 1.7.6

Fixpip install --upgrade 'django>=1.7.6'

References

https://code.djangoproject.com/ticket/24461[WEB]
https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2015/mar/09/security-releases/[ARTICLE]
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:109[ADVISORY]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/73095[WEB]
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-6565-fg86-6jcx[ADVISORY]