#VU45322 Cross-site request forgery in Django - CVE-2011-0696
Published: February 14, 2011 / Updated: February 2, 2022
Vulnerability identifier: #VU45322
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2011-0696
CWE-ID: CWE-352
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Django
Django
Software vendor:
Django Software Foundation
Django Software Foundation
Description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site request forgery attacks.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of the HTTP request origin. A remote attacker can trick the victim to visit a specially crafted web page and perform arbitrary actions on behalf of the victim on the vulnerable website.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
External links
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-February/054207.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-February/054208.html
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/09/6
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43230
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43297
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43382
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43426
- http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2163
- http://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2011/feb/08/security/
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:031
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46296
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1066-1
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0372
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0388
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0429
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0439
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0441
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=676357