CVE-2010-4535
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…
- 5.0MediumCVSS base score
- 3.4%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 11% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
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.
Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
- 32 days later
· 32 days later
Published
- 14 years later
· 14 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 3.4% · top 11% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- PyPIDjangoGHSA-7wph-fc4w-wqp2 (opens in a new tab)
References
14
- http://code.djangoproject.com/changeset/15032 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20101223 CVE Request -- Django 1.2.4, Django 1.1.3 and Django 1.3 beta 1 -- addressing two security flaws (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- USN-1040-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- 45563 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20110103 Re: CVE Request -- Django 1.2.4, Django 1.1.3 and Django 1.3 beta 1 -- addressing two security flaws (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- 42913 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- ADV-2011-0048 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- ADV-2011-0098 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- http://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2010/dec/22/security/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- FEDORA-2011-0096 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=665373 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 42715 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- FEDORA-2011-0120 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- 42827 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2011-0012 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-7wph-fc4w-wqp2 (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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