Django up to 4.2.15/5.0.8/5.1.0 Password Reset response discrepancy

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A vulnerability was found in Django up to 4.2.15/5.0.8/5.1.0. It has been classified as problematic. Impacted is an unknown function of the component Password Reset Handler. Performing a manipulation results in response discrepancy. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2024-45231. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Django up to 4.2.15/5.0.8/5.1.0. This affects an unknown code block of the component Password Reset Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a response discrepancy vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-204. The product provides different responses to incoming requests in a way that reveals internal state information to an unauthorized actor outside of the intended control sphere. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

An issue was discovered in Django v5.1.1, v5.0.9, and v4.2.16. The django.contrib.auth.forms.PasswordResetForm class, when used in a view implementing password reset flows, allows remote attackers to enumerate user e-mail addresses by sending password reset requests and observing the outcome (only when e-mail sending is consistently failing).

It is possible to read the advisory at seclists.org. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2024-45231. The exploitability is told to be difficult. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1592 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 297052 (Debian dla-4458 : python-django-doc - security update), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading to version 4.2.16, 5.0.9 or 5.1.1 eliminates this vulnerability. The upgrade is hosted for download at docs.djangoproject.com.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (297052) and EUVD (EUVD-2024-3135). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Type

• Content Management System

Name

• Django

Version

• 4.2.0
• 4.2.1
• 4.2.2
• 4.2.3
• 4.2.4
• 4.2.5
• 4.2.6
• 4.2.7
• 4.2.8
• 4.2.9
• 4.2.10
• 4.2.11
• 4.2.12
• 4.2.13
• 4.2.14
• 4.2.15
• 5.0
• 5.0.0
• 5.0.1
• 5.0.2
• 5.0.3
• 5.0.4
• 5.0.5
• 5.0.6
• 5.0.7
• 5.0.8
• 5.1.0

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• open-source

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