CVE-2011-4138
The verify_exists functionality in the URLField implementation in Django before 1.2.7 and 1.3.x before 1.3.1 originally tests a URL's…
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- mitre
Description
The verify_exists functionality in the URLField implementation in Django before 1.2.7 and 1.3.x before 1.3.1 originally tests a URL's validity through a HEAD request, but then uses a GET request for the new target URL in the case of a redirect, which might allow remote attackers to trigger arbitrary GET requests with an unintended source IP address via a crafted Location header.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
Published
- 13 years later
· 13 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:P/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.4% · top 16% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- PyPIDjangoGHSA-wxg3-mfph-qg9w (opens in a new tab)
References (8)
- openSUSE-SU-2012:0653 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- DSA-2332 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=737366 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 46614 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20110911 CVE Request -- Django: v1.3.1, v1.2.7 multiple security flaws (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2011/sep/10/127/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20110913 Re: CVE Request -- Django: v1.3.1, v1.2.7 multiple security flaws (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2011/sep/09/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_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)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-wxg3-mfph-qg9w (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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