CVE-2019-3498
In Django 1.11.x before 1.11.18, 2.0.x before 2.0.10, and 2.1.x before 2.1.5, an Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output…
- 6.5MediumCVSS base score
- 3.4%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 11% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
In Django 1.11.x before 1.11.18, 2.0.x before 2.0.10, and 2.1.x before 2.1.5, an Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component issue exists in django.views.defaults.page_not_found(), leading to content spoofing (in a 404 error page) if a user fails to recognize that a crafted URL has malicious content.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 8 days later
· 8 days later
Published
- 6 years later
· 6 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | Medium6.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 3.4% · top 11% of all CVEs (11 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.5.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- PyPIDjangoGHSA-337x-4q8g-prc5 (opens in a new tab)
References
8
- https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21topic/django-announce/VYU7xQQTEPQ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/releases/security/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- USN-3851-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- 106453 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- [debian-lts-announce] 20190106 [SECURITY] [DLA 1629-1] python-django security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2019/jan/04/security-releases/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- DSA-4363 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- FEDORA-2019-5ad2149e99 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2019-0041 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-337x-4q8g-prc5 (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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