🛡️ CVE-2021-3994 — django-helpdesk

🟠 CVSS 8.0 — High ✅ No Known Exploit CWE-79 OSV
8.0
CVSS Score
0 Low4 Medium7 High9 Critical10

Description

django-helpdesk is vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting

django-helpdesk is vulnerable to Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting').

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs no privileges on the target. A user must be tricked into taking some action. Rated impact: confidentiality high, integrity high, availability high.

Weakness class

CVE-2021-3994 is classified as CWE-79: Cross-site Scripting (XSS). User-supplied data is written into a page without escaping, so attacker script runs in the browser of anyone who views it.

Affected software

CVE-2021-3994 is recorded against 1 package.

  • django-helpdesk (fixed in 0.3.2)

Timeline and source

Published on 3 December 2021 and last revised on 16 September 2024. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. A vendor advisory or fix has been published. Record sourced from OSV.

References

nvd.nist.gov (Advisory)
github.com (Web)
github.com (Advisory)
github.com (Package)
github.com (Web)
github.com (Web)
huntr.dev (Web)

Details

Severity HIGH
CVSS Score 8.0
CVSS Vector CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CWE CWE-79
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source OSV
Published 2021-12-03
Updated 2026-08-12
Modified 2024-09-16

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
django-helpdesk — 0.3.2

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