# CVE-2008-3909: The administration application in Django 0.91, 0.95, and 0.96 stores unauthenticated HTTP POST requests and processes them after successful

- Also known as: GHSA-R5CJ-WV24-92P5, PYSEC-2008-2
- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 0.91.3, 0.95.4, 0.96.3, 1.1
- Published: 2008-09-04 · Updated: 2024-08-07

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported
- django (PyPI): from 0.91.0, fixed in 0.91.3
- django (PyPI): from 0.95.0, fixed in 0.95.4
- django (PyPI): from 0.96.0, fixed in 0.96.3
- django (PyPI): fixed in 1.1

## Description

The administration application in Django 0.91, 0.95, and 0.96 stores unauthenticated HTTP POST requests and processes them after successful authentication occurs, which allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site request forgery (CSRF) attacks and delete or modify data via unspecified requests.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Django, upgrade to a fixed version (0.91.3, 0.95.4, 0.96.3, 1.1) per the references below.
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## References

- http://secunia.com/advisories/31837
- http://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2008/sep/02/security/
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1640
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg00091.html
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=460966
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2533
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31961
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/09/03/4
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg00131.html
- http://osvdb.org/47906

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