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SCA: security update for django-rest-framework (GHSA-xqcf-hj92-967m)

medium Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 422819

Description

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

 - Django REST framework (aka django-rest-framework) before 3.9.1 allows XSS because the default DRF
 Browsable API view templates disable autoescaping. (CVE-2018-25045)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-xqcf-hj92-967m

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 422819

Version: Revision 1.4

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 3/29/2025

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: 6.4

Temporal Score: 4.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-25045

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/24/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/23/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-25045

cwe: CWE-79