Django 0.91/0.95/0.96 cross-site request forgery

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Django 0.91/0.95/0.96. Impacted is an unknown function. Executing a manipulation can lead to cross-site request forgery. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2008-3909. The attack can be executed remotely. There is not any exploit available. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Django 0.91/0.95/0.96 (Content Management System) and classified as problematic. This vulnerability affects some unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross-site request forgery vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-352. The web application does not, or can not, sufficiently verify whether a well-formed, valid, consistent request was intentionally provided by the user who submitted the request. As an impact it is known to affect integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

The administration application in Django 0.91, 0.95, and 0.96 stores unauthenticated HTTP POST requests and processes them after successful authentication occurs, which allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site request forgery (CSRF) attacks and delete or modify data via unspecified requests.

The bug was discovered 09/02/2008. The weakness was released 09/02/2008 (Website). The advisory is available at djangoproject.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2008-3909 since 09/04/2008. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 34142 (Fedora 9 : Django-0.96.3-1.fc9 (2008-7672)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Fedora Local Security Checks and running in the context l.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (44906), Tenable (34142), OSVDB (47906†), Secunia (SA31837†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-19612†). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Cross-site request forgery
CWE: CWE-352 / CWE-862 / CWE-863
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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 34142
Nessus Name: Fedora 9 : Django-0.96.3-1.fc9 (2008-7672)
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OpenVAS ID: 61642
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 1640-1 (python-django)
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: djangoproject.com
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2008-3909 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2008-3909
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-43906

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X-Force: 44906
Secunia: 31837
OSVDB: 47906 - Django Administration Application CSRF
Vulnerability Center: 19612 - Django Vulnerability Allows Remote Attackers to Conduct Cross-Site Request Forgery Attacks, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2008-2533

Entryinfo

Created: 03/17/2015 16:11
Updated: 04/22/2026 04:09
Changes: 03/17/2015 16:11 (68), 08/17/2019 17:15 (6), 04/22/2026 04:09 (19)
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