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CVE-2024-45231 (GCVE-0-2024-45231)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-10-08 00:00 – Updated: 2025-03-17 17:30
VLAI
Summary
An issue was discovered in Django v5.1.1, v5.0.9, and v4.2.16. The django.contrib.auth.forms.PasswordResetForm class, when used in a view implementing password reset flows, allows remote attackers to enumerate user e-mail addresses by sending password reset requests and observing the outcome (only when e-mail sending is consistently failing).
Severity
5.3 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: yes Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-10-30 16:35 UTC
CWE
  • n/a
  • CWE-203 - Observable Discrepancy
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
djangoproject django Affected: 5.1 , < 5.1.1 (custom)
Affected: 5.0 , < 5.0.9 (custom)
Affected: 4.2 , < 4.2.16 (custom)
    cpe:2.3:a:djangoproject:django:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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