CVE-2010-4535

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 3.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2011-01-10 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-20

Description

The password reset functionality in django.contrib.auth in Django before 1.1.3, 1.2.x before 1.2.4, and 1.3.x before 1.3 beta 1 does not validate the length of a string representing a base36 timestamp, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource consumption) via a URL that specifies a large base36 integer.

Affected products

Django: through 1.1.2; 0.91, 0.95, 0.95.1, 0.96, 1.0, 1.0.1 (+9)

References

http://code.djangoproject.com/changeset/15032
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-January/053041.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-January/053072.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/42715
http://secunia.com/advisories/42827
http://secunia.com/advisories/42913
http://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2010/dec/22/security/
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/23/4
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/03/5
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45563
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1040-1
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0048

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