High severity · published Feb 5, 2018
CVE-2018-6188
django.contrib.auth.forms.AuthenticationForm in Django 2.0 before 2.0.2, and 1.11.8 and 1.11.9, allows remote attackers to obtain potentially sensitive information by leveraging…
7.5
CVSS
4.8%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
django.contrib.auth.forms.AuthenticationForm in Django 2.0 before 2.0.2, and 1.11.8 and 1.11.9, allows remote attackers to obtain potentially sensitive information by leveraging data exposure from the confirm_login_allowed() method, as demonstrated by discovering whether a user account is inactive.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)4.8% · higher than 92% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DJ
Django · Djangoproject
1.11.8; 1.11.9; 2.0; 2.0.1 · source: NVD
UL
Ubuntu Linux · Canonical
17.10 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-6188
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-6188
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040422
Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3559-1/
Patch
https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2018/feb/01/security-releases/
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