Description
The Admin media handler in core/servers/basehttp.py in Django 1.0 and 0.96 does not properly map URL requests to expected "static media files," which allows remote attackers to conduct directory traversal attacks and read arbitrary files via a crafted URL.
Published: 2009-08-04
Score: 5.0 Medium
EPSS: 1.4% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2009-0003 The Admin media handler in core/servers/basehttp.py in Django 1.0 and 0.96 does not properly map URL requests to expected \"static media files,\" which allows remote attackers to conduct directory traversal attacks and read arbitrary files via a crafted URL.
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-9xg7-gg9m-rmq9 Django Admin Media Handler Vulnerable to Directory Traversal
History

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Django Project Django
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T05:59:56.995Z

Reserved: 2009-08-04T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2009-2659

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2009-08-04T16:30:00.437

Modified: 2026-04-23T00:35:47.467

Link: CVE-2009-2659

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2009-07-29T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2009-2659 - Bugzilla

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