CVE-2010-4535
Improper date handling in Django
7.5
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 4.7%
Description
The password reset functionality in django.contrib.auth in Django before 1.1.3, 1.2.x before 1.2.4, and 1.3.x before 1.3 beta 1 does not validate the length of a string representing a base36 timestamp, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource consumption) via a URL that specifies a large base36 integer.
How to fix CVE-2010-4535
To remediate CVE-2010-4535, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 1.2.4-1 or later
- —upgrade to 1.1.3 or later
- —no fix listed
- —upgrade to 1.1.3 or later
Is CVE-2010-4535 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 4.7%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (4)
- from 0, < 1.2.4-1
- from 0, < 1.1.3
- from 0, < 1.1.3, >= 1.2, < 1.2.4
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 4.0 | — | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U |
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |