CVE-2018-25045: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

July 24, 2022 (updated July 25, 2023)

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

References

github.com/advisories/GHSA-xqcf-hj92-967m
github.com/encode/django-rest-framework/commit/4bb9a3c48427867ef1e46f7dee945a4c25a4f9b8
github.com/encode/django-rest-framework/pull/6191
github.com/encode/django-rest-framework/pull/6330
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-25045

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