Security advisory

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  "id": "2d50bda506d6e8061a81c6b01b2464367a1f7d65a809d23149e76f38e100fdbe",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-44649",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2021-44649",
    "summary": "Django CMS 3.7.3 does not validate the plugin_type parameter while generating error messages for an invalid plugin type, resulting in a Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability. The vulnerability allows an attacker to execute arbitrary JavaScript code in the web browser of the affected user.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2021-44649",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "medium",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2021-44649",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2021-44649",
        "GHSA-hx7c-qpfq-xcrp",
        "PYSEC-2022-7"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
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              "repo": "https://github.com/django-cms/django-cms",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
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                },
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                {
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                {
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              ],
              "database_specific": {
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                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:django-cms:django_cms:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
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                        "introduced": "3.4.0"
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                      {
                        "fixed": "3.4.7"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
                  },
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:django-cms:django_cms:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "3.5.0"
                      },
                      {
                        "fixed": "3.5.4"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
                  },
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:django-cms:django_cms:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "3.6.0"
                      },
                      {
                        "fixed": "3.6.1"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
                  },
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:django-cms:django_cms:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "3.7.0"
                      },
                      {
                        "fixed": "3.7.4"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "3.7.3",
            "3.7.2",
            "3.7.1",
            "3.7.0",
            "3.5.3",
            "3.6.0",
            "3.5.3rc1",
            "3.4.6",
            "3.5.2",
            "3.5.1",
            "3.5.0",
            "3.4.5",
            "3.4.4",
            "3.4.2",
            "3.4.1",
            "3.4.0"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2021-44649.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:55.875654493Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://www.django-cms.org/en/blog/2020/07/22/django-cms-security-updates-1/",
        "https://sahildhar.github.io/blogpost/Django-CMS-Reflected-XSS-Vulnerability/"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {}
    },
    "related_cves": [
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        "value": "CVE-2021-44649",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 438521,
  "published_at": "2022-01-12T13:15:07.737+00:00"
}