CVE-2009-2659
MEDIUM · CVSS 5.0EPSS 2.3%EU EUVD
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 5.0 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-22
- EPSS score
- 2.3% (83th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2009-0003)
- Published
- August 4, 2009
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2009-0003 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- django project / django
- django project / django
References
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=539134
- http://code.djangoproject.com/changeset/11353
- http://secunia.com/advisories/36137
- http://secunia.com/advisories/36153
- http://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2009/jul/28/security/(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/07/29/2
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35859
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-August/msg00055.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-August/msg00069.html
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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