CVE-2026-15920
Severity CVSS v4.0:
MEDIUM
Type:
Unavailable / Other
Publication date:
04/08/2026
Last modified:
17/08/2026
Description
An issue was discovered in Django 5.2 before 5.2.17 and 6.0 before 6.0.8.<br />
`django.contrib.admin.utils.display_for_field()` renders `URLField` values as clickable links in the admin without validating the URL. A value stored with an unsafe scheme is displayed as a link on changelist and read-only admin pages, which allows cross-site scripting against staff users who click the link.<br />
Exploitation requires the unsafe value to already be stored in the database. `URLField` validation through a `ModelForm` or the admin rejects unsafe schemes, so this affects applications that persist `URLField` data without running model validation, for example through direct queryset writes, deserialization, or bulk import of untrusted input.<br />
Django would like to thank Egor Saltykov for reporting this issue.
Impact
Base Score 4.0
5.10
Severity 4.0
MEDIUM
Base Score 3.x
6.10
Severity 3.x
MEDIUM
Vulnerable products and versions
| CPE | From | Up to |
|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:djangoproject:django:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 5.2 (including) | 5.2.17 (excluding) |
| cpe:2.3:a:djangoproject:django:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 6.0 (including) | 6.0.8 (excluding) |
To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
- https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/releases/security/
- https://github.com/django/django/commit/13debb622a32720bda1bccda7622fd14fbf3931b
- https://github.com/django/django/commit/47511a21026cdd721d8fbf8571cc079bc38bb46d
- https://github.com/django/django/commit/5a260d309a4c8010c2ebda24eb758a5d95e2508a
- https://github.com/django/django/commit/b9adb81339cc418f8f56b1050cca6dfec3ab6349
- https://groups.google.com/g/django-announce
- https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2026/aug/04/security-releases/