CVE-2009-2659

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Summary

CVECVE-2009-2659
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2009-08-04 16:30:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionThe 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 5 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Problem Types: CWE-22 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
None
Availability
None

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Django Project Django 0.96 All All All
Application Django Project Django 1.0 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
oss-security - CVE Request (django) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
Fedora update for Django - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Django Development Service Arbitrary File Access - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Django | Weblog | Security updates released af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.djangoproject.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
Changeset 11353 - Django - Trac af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 code.djangoproject.com
Django URL Information Disclosure Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 11 Update: Django-1.0.3-6.fc11 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 10 Update: Django-1.0.3-6.fc10 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
#539134 - Insufficient input validation in "runserver" development server - Debian Bug report logs af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.debian.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 997205 Python (Pip) Security Update for Django (GHSA-9xg7-gg9m-rmq9)

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