# CVE-2025-13030: All versions of the package django-mdeditor are vulnerable to Missing Authentication for Critical Function in the image upload endpoint.

- Also known as: GHSA-QP2C-XQV6-PHH6, PYSEC-2026-2450
- Severity: CVSS 5.1 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:L/E:P
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2026-04-30 · Updated: 2026-04-30

## Affected

- n/a django-mdeditor: all versions
- django-mdeditor (PyPI): through 0.1.20

## Description

All versions of the package django-mdeditor are vulnerable to Missing Authentication for Critical Function in the image upload endpoint. An attacker can upload malicious files and achieve arbitrary code execution since this endpoint lacks authentication protection and proper sanitisation of file names.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Django, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## References

- https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-PYTHON-DJANGOMDEDITOR-8630926
- https://github.com/pylixm/django-mdeditor/blob/e8dd73fb8571ddff2e7a20a4bfa88c376cc33b62/mdeditor/views.py%23L25
- https://github.com/pylixm/django-mdeditor/issues/151
- https://github.com/pylixm/django-mdeditor/pull/185
- https://github.com/pylixm/django-mdeditor/commit/3e80f9edcabc5d2fc136b05a501964b8a5e97cfe

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