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SCA: security update for djangorestframework (GHSA-fx83-3ph3-9j2q)

medium Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 414757

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - A flaw was found in Django REST Framework versions before 3.12.0 and before 3.11.2. When using the
 browseable API viewer, Django REST Framework fails to properly escape certain strings that can come from
 user input. This allows a user who can control those strings to inject malicious <script> tags, leading to
 a cross-site-scripting (XSS) vulnerability. (CVE-2020-25626)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-fx83-3ph3-9j2q

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 414757

Version: Revision 1.5

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 1/23/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.3

Percentile: 8.67

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-25626

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.1

Temporal Score: 5.3

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Threat Score: 1.3

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/19/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/30/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-25626