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CVE-2018-25045

22
FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-25045 is a Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability affecting Django REST framework versions prior to 3.9.1, caused by disabled autoescaping in default Browsable API view templates. Rated 6.1 MEDIUM, this vulnerability requires user interaction (UI:R) and can lead to low impact on confidentiality and integrity (C:L/I:L) if an attacker successfully injects malicious scripts. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 3.9.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:django-rest-framework:django_rest_framework:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
0.72%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
50.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0072 is in the 56th percentile among its peer group of 26,234 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 (2)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
pippatch availablevia ghsa
Product: django-rest-frameworkFixed in: 3.9.1

Vendor Advisories (1)

pipGHSA-xqcf-hj92-967mmedium

Django REST framework XSS Vulnerability

Jul 24, 2022

References

github.com / encode/django-rest-framework/commit/4bb9a3c48427867ef1e46f7dee945a4c25a4f9b8
PatchThird Party Advisory
github.com / encode/django-rest-framework/pull/6191
Third Party Advisory
github.com / encode/django-rest-framework/pull/6330
Third Party Advisory