CVE-2016-6186 is a Cross-site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Django versions prior to 1.8.14, 1.9.8, and 1.10rc1, specifically within the admin interface's RelatedObjectLookups.js. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 6.1) allows remote attackers to inject malicious web script or HTML due to unsafe use of Element.innerHTML, requiring user interaction. While there is no evidence of active exploitation or Metasploit/Nuclei modules, an ExploitDB entry exists for a related Django CMS vulnerability, and it has received minimal community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 1.8.13CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:djangoproject:django:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.9CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:djangoproject:django:1.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.9.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:djangoproject:django:1.9.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.9.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:djangoproject:django:1.9.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
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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.