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Django User Enumeration Vulnerability

Low severity GitHub Reviewed Published May 17, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated May 7, 2024

Package

pip django (pip)

Affected versions

< 1.8.10
>= 1.9, < 1.9.3

Patched versions

1.8.10
1.9.3

Description

The password hasher in contrib/auth/hashers.py in Django before 1.8.10 and 1.9.x before 1.9.3 allows remote attackers to enumerate users via a timing attack involving login requests.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Apr 8, 2016
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database May 17, 2022
Reviewed Jul 31, 2023
Last updated May 7, 2024

Severity

Low
3.1
/ 10

CVSS base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
High
Privileges required
None
User interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
None
Availability
None
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2016-2513

GHSA ID

GHSA-fp6p-5xvw-m74f

Source code

Credits

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