Improper input validation in Django - CVE-2018-7536

 

Improper input validation in Django - CVE-2018-7536

Published: March 13, 2018


Vulnerability identifier: #VU10952
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-7536
CWE-ID: CWE-20
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 unauthenticated attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.

The weakness exists in the django.utils.html.urlize() function due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input. A remote attacker can submit a specially crafted input and cause the service to crash.

How to mitigate CVE-2018-7536

Update to versions 2.0.3, 1.11.11 or 1.8.19.

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