Django XSS - can it happen in server side (views.py)?











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My understanding is that Django has great default settings to minimize the risk that there is client size XSS attack, for example if you had <p>Hello {{ user.username }}</p> in your template, where the user could type in anything they want for their username.



I don't see any references to XSS in client side Python files. Is my understanding correct that there is no major concern for a client side XSS attack?



As an example situation, the user can input anything they want into an input box. The results from that input box are stored in a database. That input is then queried from a database and sent in an email.



email = EmailMessage(
ExtendedUser.objects.filter(user__username=username)[0].email_subject,
ExtendedUser.objects.filter(user__username=username)[0].email_content,
'me@mysite.com',
['me@mysite.com']
)
email.content_subtype = "html"
email.send()



In situations like this, is there any need to strip any tags or sanitize anything anything? I'm not sure when I need to be concerned about malicious user inputted data.



EDIT: I know Django project writes "XSS attacks allow a user to inject client side scripts into the browsers of other users." I'm interested if there are any client side reasons to strip user inputted data of malicious tags.










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    My understanding is that Django has great default settings to minimize the risk that there is client size XSS attack, for example if you had <p>Hello {{ user.username }}</p> in your template, where the user could type in anything they want for their username.



    I don't see any references to XSS in client side Python files. Is my understanding correct that there is no major concern for a client side XSS attack?



    As an example situation, the user can input anything they want into an input box. The results from that input box are stored in a database. That input is then queried from a database and sent in an email.



    email = EmailMessage(
    ExtendedUser.objects.filter(user__username=username)[0].email_subject,
    ExtendedUser.objects.filter(user__username=username)[0].email_content,
    'me@mysite.com',
    ['me@mysite.com']
    )
    email.content_subtype = "html"
    email.send()



    In situations like this, is there any need to strip any tags or sanitize anything anything? I'm not sure when I need to be concerned about malicious user inputted data.



    EDIT: I know Django project writes "XSS attacks allow a user to inject client side scripts into the browsers of other users." I'm interested if there are any client side reasons to strip user inputted data of malicious tags.










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      My understanding is that Django has great default settings to minimize the risk that there is client size XSS attack, for example if you had <p>Hello {{ user.username }}</p> in your template, where the user could type in anything they want for their username.



      I don't see any references to XSS in client side Python files. Is my understanding correct that there is no major concern for a client side XSS attack?



      As an example situation, the user can input anything they want into an input box. The results from that input box are stored in a database. That input is then queried from a database and sent in an email.



      email = EmailMessage(
      ExtendedUser.objects.filter(user__username=username)[0].email_subject,
      ExtendedUser.objects.filter(user__username=username)[0].email_content,
      'me@mysite.com',
      ['me@mysite.com']
      )
      email.content_subtype = "html"
      email.send()



      In situations like this, is there any need to strip any tags or sanitize anything anything? I'm not sure when I need to be concerned about malicious user inputted data.



      EDIT: I know Django project writes "XSS attacks allow a user to inject client side scripts into the browsers of other users." I'm interested if there are any client side reasons to strip user inputted data of malicious tags.










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      My understanding is that Django has great default settings to minimize the risk that there is client size XSS attack, for example if you had <p>Hello {{ user.username }}</p> in your template, where the user could type in anything they want for their username.



      I don't see any references to XSS in client side Python files. Is my understanding correct that there is no major concern for a client side XSS attack?



      As an example situation, the user can input anything they want into an input box. The results from that input box are stored in a database. That input is then queried from a database and sent in an email.



      email = EmailMessage(
      ExtendedUser.objects.filter(user__username=username)[0].email_subject,
      ExtendedUser.objects.filter(user__username=username)[0].email_content,
      'me@mysite.com',
      ['me@mysite.com']
      )
      email.content_subtype = "html"
      email.send()



      In situations like this, is there any need to strip any tags or sanitize anything anything? I'm not sure when I need to be concerned about malicious user inputted data.



      EDIT: I know Django project writes "XSS attacks allow a user to inject client side scripts into the browsers of other users." I'm interested if there are any client side reasons to strip user inputted data of malicious tags.







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