CVE-2024-45231
Description
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).
Predictions
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
SUSE Affected 1 release
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| — | Affected | — |
Debian Fixed 5 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 3:4.2.16-1 |
| sid | Fixed | 3:4.2.16-1 |
| forky | Fixed | 3:4.2.16-1 |
| bullseye | Fixed | 2:2.2.28-1~deb11u11 |
| bookworm | Fixed | 3:3.2.25-0+deb12u1 |
References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-45231
- https://github.com/django/django/commit/3c733c78d6f8e50296d6e248968b6516c92a53ca
- https://github.com/django/django/commit/96d84047715ea1715b4bd1594e46122b8a77b9e2
- https://github.com/django/django/commit/bf4888d317ba4506d091eeac6e8b4f1fcc731199
- https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/releases/security
- https://github.com/django/django
- https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21forum/django-announce
- https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2024/sep/03/security-releases
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-45231.html
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2024-45231
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.