Vulnerability identifier: #VU77880
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv3.1: 6.5 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]
CVE-ID:
CWE-ID:
CWE-1333
Exploitation vector: Network
Exploit availability: No
Vulnerable software:
Django
Web applications /
CMS
Vendor: Django Software Foundation
Description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient input validation when processing untrusted input with a regular expressions within EmailValidator and URLValidator. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted data to the application and perform regular expression denial of service (ReDos) attack.
Mitigation
Install updates from vendor's website.
Vulnerable software versions
Django: 4.0 - 4.2.2, 3.2 - 3.2.19
External links
http://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2023/jul/03/security-releases/
Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?
Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.
Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?
No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.