CVE-2020-13596 XSS in Django

What is CVE-2020-13596?

CVE-2020-13596 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 3 Jun 2020. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

An issue was discovered in Django 2.2 before 2.2.13 and 3.0 before 3.0.7. Query parameters generated by the Django admin ForeignKeyRawIdWidget were not properly URL encoded, leading to a possibility of an XSS attack.

Weakness: CWE-79

Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-13596?

6 open source packages ship an affected version, including django and Django. It affects 7 products.

Products include Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Debian Debian Linux, Djangoproject Django, Fedoraproject Fedora, Netapp Sra Plugin, Netapp Steelstore Cloud Integrated Storage and 1 more.

How do I fix CVE-2020-13596?

Upgrade django to a fixed version for your release line: 2.2.13 or 3.0.7.

Escape output for the context it lands in and set a strict Content Security Policy. Upgrading the affected component is the real fix. More about Cross-site scripting.

Is CVE-2020-13596 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-13596 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Canonical Ubuntu Linux

• CVE-2020-11651 SaltStack Salt Authentication Bypass Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2020-7247 OpenSMTPD Remote Code Execution Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2019-16928 Exim Out-of-bounds Write Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2018-6789 Exim Buffer Overflow Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2015-2590 Oracle Java SE and Java SE Embedded Remote Code Execution Exploited Critical 9.8

All Canonical Ubuntu Linux vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as BIT-django-2020-13596, DEBIAN-CVE-2020-13596, GHSA-2m34-jcjv-45xf, PYSEC-2020-32, SUSE-SU-2020:2055-1, UBUNTU-CVE-2020-13596.