Medium severity · published Apr 6, 2021
CVE-2021-28658
In Django 2.2 before 2.2.20, 3.0 before 3.0.14, and 3.1 before 3.1.8, MultiPartParser allowed directory traversal via uploaded files with suitably crafted file names
5.3
CVSS
3.8%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
In Django 2.2 before 2.2.20, 3.0 before 3.0.14, and 3.1 before 3.1.8, MultiPartParser allowed directory traversal via uploaded files with suitably crafted file names. Built-in upload handlers were not affected by this vulnerability.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)3.8% · higher than 90% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
9.0 · source: NVD
DJ
Django · Djangoproject
2.2 before 2.2.20; 3.0 before 3.0.14; 3.1 before 3.1.8 · source: NVD
FE
Fedora · Fedoraproject
34 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-28658
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-28658
Vendor Advisory
https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/3.1/releases/security/
Mailing List
https://groups.google.com/g/django-announce/c/ePr5j-ngdPU
Mailing List
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/04/msg00008.html
lists.fedoraproject.org
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZVKYPHR3TKR2ESWXBPOJEKRO2OSJRZUE/
Third Party Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210528-0001/
Vendor Advisory
https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2021/apr/06/security-releases/
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