GitHub Advisoryadvisory · PyPI

GHSA-x64m-686f-fmm3 XML External Entity (XXE) in Django

MEDIUM Published 2022-05-17 Modified 2024-05-21 Official page ↗
Aliases
CVE-2013-1665
Ecosystem
PyPI
Packages
Django
Severity
Moderate
Weaknesses
CWE-200, CWE-611
Reviewed
2024-05-21

Affected packages

• PyPI Django: >= 1.3.0, < 1.3.6 → fixed in 1.3.6 • PyPI Django: >= 1.4.0, < 1.4.4 → fixed in 1.4.4

Description

The XML libraries for Python as used in OpenStack Keystone Essex and Folsom, Django, and possibly other products allow remote attackers to read arbitrary files via an XML external entity declaration in conjunction with an entity reference, aka an XML External Entity (XXE) attack.

Related

Alias · CVE (1)

  • CVE-2013-1665 The XML libraries for Python 3.4, 3.3, 3.2, 3.1, 2.7, and 2.6, as used in OpenStack Keystone Essex and Folsom, Django, and possibly other… vulnerability

Weakness · CWE (2)

  • CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor weakness
  • CWE-611 Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference weakness

References