CVE-2016-6186

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the dismissChangeRelatedObjectPopup function in contrib/admin/static/admin/js/admin/RelatedObjectLookups.js in Django before 1.8.14, 1.9.x before 1.9.8, and 1.10.x before 1.10rc1 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via vectors involving unsafe usage of Element.innerHTML.

• CWE-79

• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/137965/Django-3.3.0-Script-Insertion.htmlVDB Entry
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1594.html
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1595.html
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1596.html
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Jul/53Mailing List, Patch
• http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3622Third Party Advisory
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/538947/100/0/threaded
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92058
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036338VDB Entry
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3039-1Third Party Advisory
• http://www.vulnerability-lab.com/get_content.php?id=1869Patch, Third Party Advisory
• https://github.com/django/django/commit/d03bf6fe4e9bf5b07de62c1a271c4b41a7d3d158Patch
• https://github.com/django/django/commit/f68e5a99164867ab0e071a936470958ed867479dPatch
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/DMLLFAUT4J4IP4P2KI4NOVWRMHA22WUJ/
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/KHHPN6MISX5I6UTXQHYLPTLEEUE6WDXW/
• https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2016/jul/18/security-releases/Patch, Vendor Advisory
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40129/
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/137965/Django-3.3.0-Script-Insertion.htmlVDB Entry
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1594.html
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1595.html
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1596.html
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Jul/53Mailing List, Patch
• http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3622Third Party Advisory
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/538947/100/0/threaded
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92058
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036338VDB Entry
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3039-1Third Party Advisory
• http://www.vulnerability-lab.com/get_content.php?id=1869Patch, Third Party Advisory
• https://github.com/django/django/commit/d03bf6fe4e9bf5b07de62c1a271c4b41a7d3d158Patch
• https://github.com/django/django/commit/f68e5a99164867ab0e071a936470958ed867479dPatch
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/DMLLFAUT4J4IP4P2KI4NOVWRMHA22WUJ/
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/KHHPN6MISX5I6UTXQHYLPTLEEUE6WDXW/
• https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2016/jul/18/security-releases/Patch, Vendor Advisory
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40129/

Published

Aug 5, 2016

Last Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Status

Modified