First published: Mon Nov 05 2007(Updated: )
** DISPUTED ** Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the admin panel in Django 0.96 allows remote attackers to change passwords of arbitrary users via a request to admin/auth/user/1/password/. NOTE: this issue has been disputed by Debian, since product documentation includes a recommendation for a CSRF protection module that is included with the product. However, CVE considers this an issue because the default configuration does not use this module.
Credit: cve@mitre.org
Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
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Django | =0.96 |
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CVE-2007-5828 has been disputed in severity but is categorized as a cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability.
To fix CVE-2007-5828, consider upgrading Django to a more secure version that addresses this vulnerability.
Users of Django version 0.96 are affected by CVE-2007-5828.
CVE-2007-5828 is classified as a cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability.
Using Django 0.96 is risky due to CVE-2007-5828, and it is advisable to upgrade to a secure version.