CVE-2026-61597

MEDIUM CVSS 4.0: 5.1 EPSS 0.30%
Updated Sep 17, 2026
Django
Parameter Value
CVSS 5.1 (MEDIUM)
Type CWE-79 (Cross-Site Scripting (XSS))
Vendor Django
Public PoC No

djust provides Phoenix LiveView-style reactive server-side rendering for Django with Rust-powered performance. Prior to version 1.0.7, many djust built-in component template tags (`djust.components.templatetags.*`) render a developer/user-supplied URL into an `href` / `action` attribute, HTML-escaping it with `conditional_escape` but never validating the URL scheme. HTML escaping prevents attribute breakout but does not neutralize a `javascript:` URI (which needs no escapable characters), so a URL value of `javascript:alert(document.cookie)` lands verbatim in `<a href="javascript:alert(document.cookie)">` and executes in the victim's session on click. Version 1.0.7 contains a fix.

As a workaround, do not pass user-controllable URLs to the affected built-in component tags; pre-validate URL schemes in application code before binding them to component arguments.

Attack Parameters

Attack Vector
Network
Can be exploited remotely
Attack Complexity
Low
Easy to exploit
Attack Requirements
None
No additional conditions
Privileges Required
Low
Basic privileges needed
User Interaction
Passive
Minimal interaction

Impact Assessment

Confidentiality
None
No data leak
Integrity
None
No data modification
Availability
None
No disruption

CVSS Vector v4.0