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SCA: security update for Django (GHSA-5j2h-h5hg-3wf8)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 422431

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - Django 1.1.x before 1.1.4 and 1.2.x before 1.2.5 does not properly validate HTTP requests that contain an
 X-Requested-With header, which makes it easier for remote attackers to conduct cross-site request forgery
 (CSRF) attacks via forged AJAX requests that leverage a "combination of browser plugins and redirects," a
 related issue to CVE-2011-0447. (CVE-2011-0696)

Solution

Update the Django library and its related packages to version 1.1.4 or later.

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-5j2h-h5hg-3wf8

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 422431

Version: Revision 1.6

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 3/28/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.18

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2011-0696

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.2

Threat Score: 4.6

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/23/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/9/2011

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-0696

BID: 46296

cwe: CWE-352