Django Rest Framework Cross-site Scripting

Why it can be dangerous and how to fix it

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Cross-site Scripting occurrences in Django Rest Framework

Django REST framework (aka django-rest-framework) before 3.9.1 allows XSS because the default DRF Browsable API view templates disable autoescaping. (2022-07-23, CVE-2018-25045)

A flaw was found in Django REST Framework versions before 3.12.0 and before 3.11.2. When using the browseable API viewer, Django REST Framework fails to properly escape certain strings that can come from user input. This allows a user who can control those strings to inject malicious