CVE-2009-2659
Django Admin Media Handler Vulnerable to Directory Traversal
7.5
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 1.4%
Description
The Admin media handler in core/servers/basehttp.py in Django 1.0 and 0.96 does not properly map URL requests to expected "static media files," which allows remote attackers to conduct directory traversal attacks and read arbitrary files via a crafted URL.
How to fix CVE-2009-2659
To remediate CVE-2009-2659, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 1.1-1 or later
- —upgrade to 0.96.4 or later
- —upgrade to 1.1 or later
Is CVE-2009-2659 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 1.4%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (3)
- from 0, < 1.1-1
- >= 0.96.0, < 0.96.4
- from 0, < 1.1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 4.0 | — | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N |
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |