Security advisory
An issue was discovered in Django 1.11 before 1.11.21, 2.1 before 2.1.9, and 2.2 before 2.2.2. The clickable Current URL value displayed by the AdminURLFieldWidget displays the provided value without validating it as a safe URL. Thus, an unvalidated value stored in the database, or a value provided as a URL query parameter payload, could result in an clickable JavaScript link.
- Products
- Not specified
- Affected versions
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- Fixed versions
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- CVEs
- CVE-2019-12308
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 1 Nov 2026, 04:17 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
An issue was discovered in Django 1.11 before 1.11.21, 2.1 before 2.1.9, and 2.2 before 2.2.2. The clickable Current URL value displayed by the AdminURLFieldWidget displays the provided value without validating it as a safe URL. Thus, an unvalidated value stored in the database, or a value provided as a URL query parameter payload, could result in an clickable JavaScript link.
osv:CVE-2019-12308
Complete source record
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"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/06/msg00001.html",
"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/07/msg00001.html",
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"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202004-17",
"https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4476",
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