THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2021-33571
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2021-33571

Django vulnerability

CVSS
7.5
EPSS
3.1%
EPSS pct
86th
Exploited
No known
In Django 2.2 before 2.2.24, 3.x before 3.1.12, and 3.2 before 3.2.4, URLValidator, validate_ipv4_address, and validate_ipv46_address do not prohibit leading zero characters in octal literals. This may allow a bypass of access control that is based on IP addresses. (validate_ipv4_address and validate_ipv46_address are unaffected with Python 3.9.5+..) .
Affected vendor
Djangoproject
Affected product
Django
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-918 — Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)
Published
2021-06-08

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no privileges, no user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to high impact to integrity.

Its EPSS score of 3.1% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 86% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2021-33571

  • Confirm whether Djangoproject Django is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2021-33571.
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