CVE-2009-2659: django_project django Path Traversal

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2009-2659 is a medium (CVSS 5.0) Path Traversal vulnerability in django_project django. EPSS estimates a 2.28% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 83% of scored vulnerabilities.

Timeline

1. 04-08-2009
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 07-08-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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.

• CWE-22Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory.