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CVE-2013-1443
The authentication framework (django.contrib.auth) in Django 1.4.x before 1.4.8, 1.5.x before 1.5.4, and 1.6.x before 1.6 beta 4 allows…
Medium5.0EPSS 2.7%
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Description
The authentication framework (django.contrib.auth) in Django 1.4.x before 1.4.8, 1.5.x before 1.5.4, and 1.6.x before 1.6 beta 4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a long password which is then hashed.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.7% · top 14% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- PyPIDjangoGHSA-4c42-4rxm-x6qf (opens in a new tab)
References (5)
- DSA-2758 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- [django-developers] 20130914 Set a reasonable upper bound on password length (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2013:1541 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2013/sep/15/security/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2013:1685 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-4c42-4rxm-x6qf (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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