Description
django.contrib.auth.forms.AuthenticationForm in Django 2.0 before 2.0.2, and 1.11.8 and 1.11.9, allows remote attackers to obtain potentially sensitive information by leveraging data exposure from the confirm_login_allowed() method, as demonstrated by discovering whether a user account is inactive.
Published: 2018-02-05
Score: 7.5 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2018-0039 django.contrib.auth.forms.AuthenticationForm in Django 2.0 before 2.0.2, and 1.11.8 and 1.11.9, allows remote attackers to obtain potentially sensitive information by leveraging data exposure from the confirm_login_allowed() method, as demonstrated by discovering whether a user account is inactive.
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-rf4j-j272-fj86 Django vulnerable to information leakage in AuthenticationForm
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3559-1 Django vulnerabilities
History

Sun, 13 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics epss

{'score': 0.01547}

epss

{'score': 0.0074}


Subscriptions

Canonical Ubuntu Linux
Djangoproject Django
Redhat Satellite Satellite Capsule
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-05T05:54:53.251Z

Reserved: 2018-01-24T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2018-6188

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2018-02-05T03:29:00.267

Modified: 2024-11-21T04:10:15.193

Link: CVE-2018-6188

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2018-02-05T13:23:00Z

Links: CVE-2018-6188 - Bugzilla

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Weaknesses