Information disclosure in Django - CVE-2018-6188
Published: February 6, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU10386
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-6188
CWE-ID: CWE-200
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to obtain potentially sensitive information.
The weakness exists in the django.contrib.auth.forms.AuthenticationForm process of Django due to improper security restrictions. A remote attacker can use the confirm_login_allowed function, enter an invalid password or arbitrary user name during use of that function and access sensitive information on the targeted system.
The weakness exists in the django.contrib.auth.forms.AuthenticationForm process of Django due to improper security restrictions. A remote attacker can use the confirm_login_allowed function, enter an invalid password or arbitrary user name during use of that function and access sensitive information on the targeted system.
Affected software
Django
Arch Linux
Ubuntu
Fedora
py-django (Alpine package)
python-django
Arch Linux
Ubuntu
Fedora
py-django (Alpine package)
python-django
How to mitigate CVE-2018-6188
Update to version 1.11.10 or 2.0.2.
py-django (Alpine package) - addressed in versions 1.11.10-r0, 1.11.11-r0
python-django - update to 1.11.10-1.fc27
python-django - update to 1.11.10-1.fc27