CVE-2011-4140 Django Cross-Site Request Forgery vulnerability

What is CVE-2011-4140?

CVE-2011-4140 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Djangoproject Django, published on 19 Oct 2011. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

The CSRF protection mechanism in Django through 1.2.7 and 1.3.x through 1.3.1 does not properly handle web-server configurations supporting arbitrary HTTP Host headers, which allows remote attackers to trigger unauthenticated forged requests via vectors involving a DNS CNAME record and a web page containing JavaScript code.

Weakness: CWE-352

Which versions are affected by CVE-2011-4140?

5 open source packages ship an affected version, including django and Django. It affects 1 product.

Products include Djangoproject Django.

How do I fix CVE-2011-4140?

Upgrade django to a fixed version for your release line: 1.2.7 or 1.3.1.

Is CVE-2011-4140 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2011-4140 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2011-4140, GHSA-h95j-h2rv-qrg4, PYSEC-2011-5.