Information disclosure in Django - CVE-2018-6188

 

Information disclosure in Django - CVE-2018-6188

Published: February 6, 2018


Vulnerability identifier: #VU10386
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: 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/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-6188
CWE-ID: CWE-200
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Django Software Foundation
Affected software:
Django

Detailed vulnerability description

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.

How to mitigate CVE-2018-6188

Update to version 1.11.10 or 2.0.2.

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