Code Injection in Django - CVE-2014-0472
Published: April 23, 2014 / Updated: July 28, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU32540
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2014-0472
CWE-ID: CWE-94
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to read and manipulate data.
The django.core.urlresolvers.reverse function in Django before 1.4.11, 1.5.x before 1.5.6, 1.6.x before 1.6.3, and 1.7.x before 1.7 beta 2 allows remote attackers to import and execute arbitrary Python modules by leveraging a view that constructs URLs using user input and a "dotted Python path."
Affected software
Django
Gentoo Linux
py-django (Alpine package)
Gentoo Linux
py-django (Alpine package)
How to mitigate CVE-2014-0472
Install update from vendor's website.
Django - update to 1.7
py-django (Alpine package) - update to 1.5.6-r0
py-django (Alpine package) - update to 1.5.6-r0
External References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-09/msg00023.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0456.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0457.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/61281
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2934
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2169-1
- https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2014/apr/21/security/