CVE-2009-2659

high

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.

References

https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-August/msg00069.html

https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-August/msg00055.html

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35859

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/07/29/2

http://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2009/jul/28/security/

http://secunia.com/advisories/36153

http://secunia.com/advisories/36137

http://code.djangoproject.com/changeset/11353

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=539134

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2009-08-04

Updated: 2025-04-09

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5

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

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

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

Severity: High

CVSS v4

Base Score: 8.7

Vector: 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

Severity: High