Mezzanine CMS, in versions prior to 6.1.1, contains a Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the admin interface. The vulnerability exists in the "displayable_links_js" function, which fails to properly sanitize blog post titles before including them in JSON responses served via "/admin/displayable_links.js". An authenticated admin user can create a blog post with a malicious JavaScript payload in the title field, then trick another admin user into clicking a direct link to the "/admin/displayable_links.js" endpoint, causing the malicious script to execute in their browser.
https://github.com/stephenmcd/mezzanine/discussions/2080
https://github.com/stephenmcd/mezzanine/commit/898630d8df48cf3ddb8b9942f59168b93216e3f8
Published: 2025-06-17
Updated: 2025-07-14
Base Score: 3.5
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N
Severity: Low
Base Score: 4.8
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Severity: Medium
Base Score: 4.8
Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:P/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:L/SI:N/SA:N
Severity: Medium
EPSS: 0.00039