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CVE-2016-6186

MEDIUM · CVSS 6.1 EPSS 5.54% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2016-08-05 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a medium severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 6.1. Public exploit code or proof-of-concept references have been detected in its references. It may be remotely exploitable.

Public Exploit Signal

A public exploit, PoC, GitHub repository or Metasploit reference was detected for this CVE.

GitHub PoC Links
github.com ↗ github.com ↗
External Security References
packetstormsecurity.com ↗ exploit-db.com ↗

Note: these links are listed for security research and verification purposes only.

CVE
CVE-2016-6186
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
6.1
EPSS
5.54%

Original NVD Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the dismissChangeRelatedObjectPopup function in contrib/admin/static/admin/js/admin/RelatedObjectLookups.js in Django before 1.8.14, 1.9.x before 1.9.8, and 1.10.x before 1.10rc1 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via vectors involving unsafe usage of Element.innerHTML.