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CVE-2017-20182

MEDIUM

CVE-2017-20182 is a medium-severity (CVSS 6.1) Cross-site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in django-ajax-utilities. O3 Security confirms whether CVE-2017-20182 is actually reachable in your code before you act, and blocks exploitation at runtime until you patch.

Cross-site Scripting in django-ajax-utilities

Also known asGHSA-p4g9-c9qr-wmg5PYSEC-2026-803
Published
Mar 10, 2023
Updated
Jul 7, 2026
Affected
1 pkg
Patched
1 / 1
Exploits
None indexed

Blast Radius

1 pkg affected
🐍django-ajax-utilities

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Description

A vulnerability was found in Mobile Vikings Django AJAX Utilities up to 1.2.1 and classified as problematic. This issue affects the function Pagination of the file django_ajax/static/ajax-utilities/js/pagination.js of the component Backslash Handler. The manipulation of the argument url leads to cross site scripting. The attack may be initiated remotely. The patch is named 329eb1dd1580ca1f9d4f95bc69939833226515c9. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue. The associated identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-222611.

Affected Packages

1 total 1 fixed
EcosystemPackageVulnerable rangeFix
🐍PyPIdjango-ajax-utilitiesall versions1.2.8

Detection & mitigation playbook

Open-source dependency
  1. Detect

    Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for django-ajax-utilities. O3's reachability analysis confirms whether the vulnerable code path is actually invoked in your application, so you act on real exposure instead of every transitive match.

  2. Fix

    Update django-ajax-utilities to 1.2.8 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms CVE-2017-20182 is resolved across your whole dependency graph.

  3. Workarounds

    If you can't upgrade right away: gate or disable the affected feature, validate untrusted input at the boundary, and avoid passing attacker-controlled data into the vulnerable path. O3's runtime protection blocks exploitation in production as an interim safeguard until the upgrade lands.

  4. How O3 protects you

    O3 pinpoints whether CVE-2017-20182 is reachable in your code and exactly where to fix it, then blocks exploitation in production at runtime until the patched version is deployed.

Tailored to CVE-2017-20182. Runtime protection reduces exposure until a permanent patch is applied and verified — it complements patching, it doesn't replace it.

Frequently Asked Questions

A vulnerability was found in Mobile Vikings Django AJAX Utilities up to 1.2.1 and classified as problematic. This issue affects the function Pagination of the file django_ajax/static/ajax-utilities/js/pagination.js of the component Backslash Handler. The manipulation of the argument url leads to cross site scripting. The attack may be initiated remotely. The patch is named 329eb1dd1580ca1f9d4f95bc69939833226515c9. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue. The associated identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-222611.
O3 Security · Impact-Aware SCA

Is CVE-2017-20182 in your dependencies?

O3 detects CVE-2017-20182 across PyPI dependencies and uses function-level reachability to confirm whether the vulnerable code path is actually reachable — not just present. No false positives.