CVE-2021-44649: Django-CMS Django CMS

Medium severity, CVSS 5.4. EPSS: 0.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Django CMS 3.7.3 does not validate the plugin_type parameter while generating error messages for an invalid plugin type, resulting in a Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability. The vulnerability allows an attacker to execute arbitrary JavaScript code in the web browser of the affected user.

Affected products

• Django-CMS Django CMS: from 3.4.0, before 3.4.7 (fixed in 3.4.7); from 3.5.0, before 3.5.4 (fixed in 3.5.4); from 3.6.0, before 3.6.1 (fixed in 3.6.1); from 3.7.0, before 3.7.4 (fixed in 3.7.4)

Published 2022-01-12. Last modified 2026-06-17.