CVE-2011-0696

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.8 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2011-02-14 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-352

Description

Django 1.1.x before 1.1.4 and 1.2.x before 1.2.5 does not properly validate HTTP requests that contain an X-Requested-With header, which makes it easier for remote attackers to conduct cross-site request forgery (CSRF) attacks via forged AJAX requests that leverage a "combination of browser plugins and redirects," a related issue to CVE-2011-0447.

Affected products

Django: 1.1, 1.1.0, 1.1.2, 1.1.3, 1.2, 1.2.1 (+3)

References

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-February/054207.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-February/054208.html
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/09/6
http://secunia.com/advisories/43230
http://secunia.com/advisories/43297
http://secunia.com/advisories/43382
http://secunia.com/advisories/43426
http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2163
http://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2011/feb/08/security/
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:031
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46296
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1066-1

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