CVE-2011-4139

high

Description

Django before 1.2.7 and 1.3.x before 1.3.1 uses a request's HTTP Host header to construct a full URL in certain circumstances, which allows remote attackers to conduct cache poisoning attacks via a crafted request.

References

https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2011/sep/10/127/

https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2011/sep/09/

https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/14700881

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=737366

http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2332

http://secunia.com/advisories/46614

http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/09/13/2

http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/09/11/1

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2011-10-19

Updated: 2025-04-11

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Severity: High

CVSS v4

Base Score: 8.7

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N