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CVE-2025-13473PYSEC-2026-42BIT-DJANGO-2025-13473GHSA-2MCM-79HX-8FXW

Username enumeration through timing difference in mod_wsgi authentication handler

Published
Last modified
published
Not listed in CISA KEV
Fix
Fixed in 6.0.2, 5.2.11, 4.2.28
None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub
  • Exploitation: none
  • Automatable: no
  • Technical impact: partial

Summary

An issue was discovered in 6.0 before 6.0.2, 5.2 before 5.2.11, and 4.2 before 4.2.28. The `django.contrib.auth.handlers.modwsgi.check_password()` function for authentication via `mod_wsgi` allows remote attackers to enumerate users via a timing attack. Earlier, unsupported Django series (such as 5.0.x, 4.1.x, and 3.2.x) were not evaluated and may also be affected. Django would like to thank Stackered for reporting this issue.

Timeline

  1. CVE published
  2. CISA SSVC assessment

    Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial

  3. Record last updated

Affected versions

  • django

    From 6.0 · fixed in 6.0.2; From 5.2 · fixed in 5.2.11; From 4.2 · fixed in 4.2.28

  • djangoPyPI

    From 4.2 · fixed in 4.2.28; From 5.2 · fixed in 5.2.11; From 6.0 · fixed in 6.0.2

  • djangoPyPI

    From 6.0a1 · fixed in 6.0.2

  • djangoPyPI

    From 5.2a1 · fixed in 5.2.11

  • djangoPyPI

    From 4.2a1 · fixed in 4.2.28

References 3

docs.djangoproject.com

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djangoproject.com