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CVE-2020-13596

23
FAUCET Score

CVE-2020-13596 is a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability affecting Django versions 2.2 prior to 2.2.13 and 3.0 prior to 3.0.7, stemming from improper URL encoding of query parameters generated by the admin ForeignKeyRawIdWidget. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 6.1) could allow an unauthenticated attacker to inject malicious scripts, leading to limited impact on confidentiality and integrity, requiring user interaction. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 2.2, < 2.2.13CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:djangoproject:django:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 3.0, < 3.0.7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:djangoproject:django:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
32CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:32:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
14.04CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:*
16.04CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

6.1MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
2.7
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.87%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
85.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0287 is in the 93rd percentile among its peer group of 26,219 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (10)

oraclepatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
pippatch availablevia ghsa
Product: DjangoFixed in: 2.2.13
pippatch availablevia ghsa
Product: DjangoFixed in: 3.0.7
redhatvendor investigatingvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenStack Platform 16 (Train)Fixed in: python-django
redhatvendor investigatingvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Update Infrastructure 3 for Cloud ProvidersFixed in: python-django
redhatvendor investigatingvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenStack Platform 13 (Queens)Fixed in: python-django
redhatvendor investigatingvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenStack Platform 15 (Stein)Fixed in: python-django
redhatvendor investigatingvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Storage 3Fixed in: python-django
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Ceph Storage 3Fixed in: python-django
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Satellite 6Fixed in: python-django

Vendor Advisories (2)

pipGHSA-2m34-jcjv-45xfmedium

XSS in Django

Jun 5, 2020
redhatCVE-2020-13596Moderate

django: possible XSS via admin ForeignKeyRawIdWidget

Jun 3, 2020

References

docs.djangoproject.com / en/3.0/releases/security
Release NotesVendor Advisory
groups.google.com / forum
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4A2AP4T7RKPBCLTI2NNQG3T6MINDUUMZ
security.netapp.com / advisory/ntap-20200611-0002
Third Party Advisory
usn.ubuntu.com / 4381-1
Third Party Advisory
usn.ubuntu.com / 4381-2
Third Party Advisory
debian.org / security/2020/dsa-4705
Third Party Advisory
djangoproject.com / weblog/2020/jun/03/security-releases
Release NotesVendor Advisory
oracle.com / security-alerts/cpujan2021.html
PatchThird Party Advisory