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CVE-2015-2241

14
FAUCET Score

CVE-2015-2241 describes a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Django versions prior to 1.7.6 and 1.8b2, specifically within the contents function in admin/helpers.py. This flaw allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML through a model attribute in ModelAdmin.readonly_fields. With a CVSS score of 4.3, this vulnerability has a medium attack complexity and requires network access, potentially leading to information disclosure or defacement. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 1.7.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:djangoproject:django:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.8CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:djangoproject:django:1.8:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

4.3MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.05%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
79.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0205 is in the 65th percentile among its peer group of 19,958 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

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

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

pippatch availablevia ghsa
Product: djangoFixed in: 1.7.6
pippatch availablevia ghsa
Product: djangoFixed in: 1.8b2

Vendor Advisories (2)

pipGHSA-6565-fg86-6jcxmedium

Django Cross-site Scripting Vulnerability

May 17, 2022
redhatCVE-2015-2241Moderate

Django: XSS attack via properties in ModelAdmin.readonly_fields

Mar 9, 2015

References

code.djangoproject.com / ticket/24461
ExploitVendor Advisory
djangoproject.com / weblog/2015/mar/09/security-releases
Vendor Advisory
mandriva.com / security/advisories
securityfocus.com / bid/73095