{"id":"CVE-2026-61597","aliases":["EUVD-2026-81300","GHSA-4mf4-73j6-mvrw","PYSEC-2026-4037"],"status":"published","title":"djust is vulnerable to stored/reflected XSS via javascript: URLs in built-in component template tags","description":"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 `\u003ca href=\"javascript:alert(document.cookie)\"\u003e` 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.","severity":{"version":"4.0","score":5.1,"vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N","level":"medium","assessor":"cna","from":"cve"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-09","score":0.00412,"percentile":0.35724,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":true},"cwes":["CWE-79"],"published":"2026-09-16T21:50:53Z","modified":"2026-10-28T02:31:09Z","fixes":[{"ecosystem":"PyPI","package":"djust","fixed_in":["1.0.7"],"sources":["ghsa","osv"]}],"affected":[{"source":"ghsa","ecosystem":"PyPI","package":"djust","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.0.7"}]}]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"PyPI","package":"djust","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.0.7"}]}],"versions":["0.1.0","0.1.2","0.1.3","0.1.4","0.1.5","0.1.6","0.1.7","0.1.8","0.1.9","0.2.0","0.2.1","0.2.2","0.3.0","0.3.1","0.3.2","0.3.4","0.3.5","0.3.6","0.3.7","0.3.8","0.4.0","0.4.1","0.4.2","0.4.3","0.4.4","0.9.0","0.9.1","0.9.2","0.9.4","0.9.5","0.9.6","0.9.7","1.0.0","1.0.0rc1","1.0.0rc10","1.0.0rc11","1.0.0rc12","1.0.0rc13","1.0.0rc14","1.0.0rc15","1.0.0rc16","1.0.0rc17","1.0.0rc18","1.0.0rc2","1.0.0rc3","1.0.0rc4","1.0.0rc6","1.0.0rc7","1.0.0rc8","1.0.0rc9","1.0.1","1.0.1rc1","1.0.2","1.0.2rc1","1.0.2rc2","1.0.2rc3","1.0.3","1.0.3rc1","1.0.3rc2","1.0.4","1.0.4rc1","1.0.5","1.0.5rc1","1.0.5rc2","1.0.5rc3","1.0.5rc4","1.0.5rc5","1.0.6"]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"PyPI","package":"djust","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.0.7"}]}],"versions":["0.1.0","0.1.2","0.1.3","0.1.4","0.1.5","0.1.6","0.1.7","0.1.8","0.1.9","0.2.0","0.2.1","0.2.2","0.3.0","0.3.1","0.3.2","0.3.4","0.3.5","0.3.6","0.3.7","0.3.8","0.4.0","0.4.1","0.4.2","0.4.3","0.4.4","0.9.0","0.9.1","0.9.2","0.9.4","0.9.5","0.9.6","0.9.7","1.0.0","1.0.0rc11","1.0.1","1.0.2","1.0.3","1.0.4","1.0.5","1.0.6"]}],"products":[{"vendor":"djust-org","product":"djust"}],"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/djust-org/djust/security/advisories/GHSA-4mf4-73j6-mvrw","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM","advisory","web"]},{"url":"https://github.com/djust-org/djust/releases/tag/v1.0.7","tags":["x_refsource_MISC","web"]},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-4mf4-73j6-mvrw","tags":["advisory"]},{"url":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/61xxx/CVE-2026-61597.json","tags":["advisory"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-61597","tags":["advisory"]},{"url":"https://github.com/djust-org/djust","tags":["package"]},{"url":"https://pypi.org/project/djust","tags":["package"]}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2026-61597","title":"djust is vulnerable to stored/reflected XSS via javascript: URLs in built-in component template tags","description":"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 `\u003ca href=\"javascript:alert(document.cookie)\"\u003e` 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.","status":"published","published":"2026-09-16T21:51:38.339Z","modified":"2026-09-17T15:06:13.521Z","cvss":[{"version":"4.0","score":5.1,"vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N","level":"medium","assessor":"cna"}],"cwes":["CWE-79"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:19:53.115938Z"}],"euvd":[{"id":"EUVD-2026-81300","description":"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 `\u003ca href=\"javascript:alert(document.cookie)\"\u003e` 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.","status":"published","published":"2026-09-16T21:51:38Z","modified":"2026-09-17T15:06:13Z","cvss":[{"version":"4.0","score":5.1,"vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N","level":"medium"}],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T17:28:11.615612Z"}],"ghsa":[{"id":"GHSA-4mf4-73j6-mvrw","title":"djust is vulnerable to stored/reflected XSS via javascript: URLs in built-in component template tags","description":"### Impact\nMany 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 `\u003ca href=\"javascript:alert(document.cookie)\"\u003e` and executes in the victim's session on click.\n\nAffected sinks (executing href/action contexts; not exhaustive): breadcrumb (`djust_components.py:1535`; `_advanced.py:1999,2022`), `dj_nav` link/dropdown/brand (`djust_components.py:5632,5779,5807,5830`), citation URL (`:6936`), cookie-consent privacy link (`:8240`), error-page action (`_advanced.py:1728`), form `action` (`_forms.py:1239`). `\u003cimg src\u003e` sinks are lower risk (javascript: does not execute via img src). No scheme validation exists anywhere in the component tags; a docstring at `djust_components.py:781` even acknowledges the `javascript:` risk without mitigating it.\n\n**Severity Medium:** XSS in the victim's authenticated session whenever an app renders one of these components with a URL sourced from user-controllable data; for `href` requires a click, worst case is the stored variant (URL persisted from one user, rendered to another). Conditional on developer usage, hence Medium rather than High.\n\nReproduced: `breadcrumb(items=[{\"label\":\"Home\",\"url\":\"javascript:alert(document.cookie)\"}])` emits `\u003ca ... href=\"javascript:alert(document.cookie)\"\u003eHome\u003c/a\u003e`; `JaVaScRiPt:` case variant also passes; `https://` URLs are preserved.\n\n### Patches\nAdd a `safe_url()` helper that neutralizes non-allowlisted schemes (`javascript:`, `vbscript:`, `data:`) to `#` while preserving http/https/mailto/tel/relative/anchor URLs, and route every href/action/formaction/xlink:href sink through it (then HTML-escape). Add a regression + an audit_ast/system-check rule flagging un-routed URL-attribute interpolation.\n\n### Workarounds\nDo 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.\n\n### References\nReproducer + finding writeup retained privately by the maintainer.","status":"published","published":"2026-09-16T21:50:53Z","modified":"2026-09-16T21:50:54Z","cvss":[{"version":"4.0","score":5.1,"vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N","level":"medium"}],"cwes":["CWE-79"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:41:17.136201Z"}],"nvd":[{"id":"CVE-2026-61597","description":"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 `\u003ca href=\"javascript:alert(document.cookie)\"\u003e` 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.","status":"published","published":"2026-09-16T22:17:03.187Z","modified":"2026-09-30T17:51:56.193Z","cvss":[{"version":"4.0","score":5.1,"vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X","level":"medium","assessor":"secondary"}],"cwes":["CWE-79"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:12:49.013904Z"}],"osv":[{"id":"CVE-2026-61597","title":"djust is vulnerable to stored/reflected XSS via javascript: URLs in built-in component template tags","description":"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 `\u003ca href=\"javascript:alert(document.cookie)\"\u003e` 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.","status":"published","published":"2026-09-16T21:51:38.339Z","modified":"2026-10-28T02:31:09.991846403Z","cvss":[{"version":"4.0","score":5.1,"vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N","level":"medium"}],"cwes":["CWE-79"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:45:12.933503Z"},{"id":"GHSA-4mf4-73j6-mvrw","title":"djust is vulnerable to stored/reflected XSS via javascript: URLs in built-in component template tags","description":"### Impact\nMany 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 `\u003ca href=\"javascript:alert(document.cookie)\"\u003e` and executes in the victim's session on click.\n\nAffected sinks (executing href/action contexts; not exhaustive): breadcrumb (`djust_components.py:1535`; `_advanced.py:1999,2022`), `dj_nav` link/dropdown/brand (`djust_components.py:5632,5779,5807,5830`), citation URL (`:6936`), cookie-consent privacy link (`:8240`), error-page action (`_advanced.py:1728`), form `action` (`_forms.py:1239`). `\u003cimg src\u003e` sinks are lower risk (javascript: does not execute via img src). No scheme validation exists anywhere in the component tags; a docstring at `djust_components.py:781` even acknowledges the `javascript:` risk without mitigating it.\n\n**Severity Medium:** XSS in the victim's authenticated session whenever an app renders one of these components with a URL sourced from user-controllable data; for `href` requires a click, worst case is the stored variant (URL persisted from one user, rendered to another). Conditional on developer usage, hence Medium rather than High.\n\nReproduced: `breadcrumb(items=[{\"label\":\"Home\",\"url\":\"javascript:alert(document.cookie)\"}])` emits `\u003ca ... href=\"javascript:alert(document.cookie)\"\u003eHome\u003c/a\u003e`; `JaVaScRiPt:` case variant also passes; `https://` URLs are preserved.\n\n### Patches\nAdd a `safe_url()` helper that neutralizes non-allowlisted schemes (`javascript:`, `vbscript:`, `data:`) to `#` while preserving http/https/mailto/tel/relative/anchor URLs, and route every href/action/formaction/xlink:href sink through it (then HTML-escape). Add a regression + an audit_ast/system-check rule flagging un-routed URL-attribute interpolation.\n\n### Workarounds\nDo 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.\n\n### References\nReproducer + finding writeup retained privately by the maintainer.","status":"published","published":"2026-09-16T21:50:53Z","modified":"2026-10-01T17:56:04.247118401Z","cvss":[{"version":"4.0","score":5.1,"vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N","level":"medium"}],"cwes":["CWE-79"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:46:37.148947Z"},{"id":"PYSEC-2026-4037","title":"djust is vulnerable to stored/reflected XSS via javascript: URLs in built-in component template tags","description":"### Impact\nMany 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 `\u003ca href=\"javascript:alert(document.cookie)\"\u003e` and executes in the victim's session on click.\n\nAffected sinks (executing href/action contexts; not exhaustive): breadcrumb (`djust_components.py:1535`; `_advanced.py:1999,2022`), `dj_nav` link/dropdown/brand (`djust_components.py:5632,5779,5807,5830`), citation URL (`:6936`), cookie-consent privacy link (`:8240`), error-page action (`_advanced.py:1728`), form `action` (`_forms.py:1239`). `\u003cimg src\u003e` sinks are lower risk (javascript: does not execute via img src). No scheme validation exists anywhere in the component tags; a docstring at `djust_components.py:781` even acknowledges the `javascript:` risk without mitigating it.\n\n**Severity Medium:** XSS in the victim's authenticated session whenever an app renders one of these components with a URL sourced from user-controllable data; for `href` requires a click, worst case is the stored variant (URL persisted from one user, rendered to another). Conditional on developer usage, hence Medium rather than High.\n\nReproduced: `breadcrumb(items=[{\"label\":\"Home\",\"url\":\"javascript:alert(document.cookie)\"}])` emits `\u003ca ... href=\"javascript:alert(document.cookie)\"\u003eHome\u003c/a\u003e`; `JaVaScRiPt:` case variant also passes; `https://` URLs are preserved.\n\n### Patches\nAdd a `safe_url()` helper that neutralizes non-allowlisted schemes (`javascript:`, `vbscript:`, `data:`) to `#` while preserving http/https/mailto/tel/relative/anchor URLs, and route every href/action/formaction/xlink:href sink through it (then HTML-escape). Add a regression + an audit_ast/system-check rule flagging un-routed URL-attribute interpolation.\n\n### Workarounds\nDo 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.\n\n### References\nReproducer + finding writeup retained privately by the maintainer.","status":"published","published":"2026-10-01T16:38:31.362783Z","modified":"2026-10-01T17:45:03.105373411Z","cvss":[{"version":"4.0","score":5.1,"vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N","level":"medium"}],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:52:57.255153Z"}]}}