CVE-2011-4139

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Published 2011-10-19 · Modified 2024-01-16
CVSS v3
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CVSS v2
5.0
VIR risk
5.0

Description

Django before 1.2.7 and 1.3.x before 1.3.1 uses a request's HTTP Host header to construct a full URL in certain circumstances, which allows remote attackers to conduct cache poisoning attacks via a crafted request.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
30%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-4139

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2011/sep/10/127/

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2011/sep/09/

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=737366

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/09/13/2

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/09/11/1

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
debian debianbookwormfixed1.3.1-1
debian debianbullseyefixed1.3.1-1
debian debianforkyfixed1.3.1-1
debian debiansidfixed1.3.1-1
debian debiantrixiefixed1.3.1-1

Package impact

EcosystemPackageVulnerableFixed
python PyPIdjango<1.2.71.2.7
python PyPIdjango>=1.3,<1.3.11.3.1

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
djangoprojectdjango{"endIncluding":"1.2.6"}
djangoprojectdjango0.91
djangoprojectdjango0.95
djangoprojectdjango0.95.1
djangoprojectdjango0.96
djangoprojectdjango1.0
djangoprojectdjango1.0.1
djangoprojectdjango1.0.2
djangoprojectdjango1.1
djangoprojectdjango1.1.0
djangoprojectdjango1.1.2
djangoprojectdjango1.1.3
djangoprojectdjango1.2
djangoprojectdjango1.2.1
djangoprojectdjango1.2.2
djangoprojectdjango1.2.3
djangoprojectdjango1.2.4
djangoprojectdjango1.2.5
djangoprojectdjango1.3

References

CWEs

CWE-20

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.