{
  "affected": [
    {
      "ranges": [
        {
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "REFERENCES"
          },
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "13debb622a32720bda1bccda7622fd14fbf3931b"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "47511a21026cdd721d8fbf8571cc079bc38bb46d"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "5a260d309a4c8010c2ebda24eb758a5d95e2508a"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "b9adb81339cc418f8f56b1050cca6dfec3ab6349"
            }
          ],
          "repo": "https://github.com/django/django",
          "type": "GIT"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cna_assigner": "DSF",
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-83"
    ],
    "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/15xxx/CVE-2026-15920.json",
    "unresolved_ranges": [
      {
        "extracted_events": [
          {
            "introduced": "6.0"
          },
          {
            "fixed": "6.0.8"
          },
          {
            "introduced": "5.2"
          },
          {
            "fixed": "5.2.17"
          }
        ],
        "source": "AFFECTED_FIELD"
      },
      {
        "extracted_events": [
          {
            "introduced": "5.2"
          },
          {
            "fixed": "5.2.17"
          },
          {
            "introduced": "6.0"
          },
          {
            "fixed": "6.0.8"
          }
        ],
        "source": "DESCRIPTION"
      }
    ]
  },
  "details": "An issue was discovered in Django 5.2 before 5.2.17 and 6.0 before 6.0.8.\n`django.contrib.admin.utils.display_for_field()` renders `URLField` values as clickable links in the admin without validating the URL. A value stored with an unsafe scheme is displayed as a link on changelist and read-only admin pages, which allows cross-site scripting against staff users who click the link.\r\nExploitation requires the unsafe value to already be stored in the database. `URLField` validation through a `ModelForm` or the admin rejects unsafe schemes, so this affects applications that persist `URLField` data without running model validation, for example through direct queryset writes, deserialization, or bulk import of untrusted input.\nDjango would like to thank Egor Saltykov for reporting this issue.",
  "id": "CVE-2026-15920",
  "modified": "2026-08-06T03:31:25.656414009Z",
  "published": "2026-08-04T15:48:40.537Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/django/django/"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/releases/security/"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/15xxx/CVE-2026-15920.json"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-15920"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2026/aug/04/security-releases/"
    },
    {
      "type": "FIX",
      "url": "https://github.com/django/django/commit/13debb622a32720bda1bccda7622fd14fbf3931b"
    },
    {
      "type": "FIX",
      "url": "https://github.com/django/django/commit/47511a21026cdd721d8fbf8571cc079bc38bb46d"
    },
    {
      "type": "FIX",
      "url": "https://github.com/django/django/commit/5a260d309a4c8010c2ebda24eb758a5d95e2508a"
    },
    {
      "type": "FIX",
      "url": "https://github.com/django/django/commit/b9adb81339cc418f8f56b1050cca6dfec3ab6349"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://pypi.org/project/Django/"
    },
    {
      "type": "ARTICLE",
      "url": "https://groups.google.com/g/django-announce"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.8.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V4"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "Potential cross-site scripting via URLField values in the admin"
}