CVE-2024-45231

MEDIUM

Django v5.1.1-v4.2.16 - Info Disclosure

Title source: llm

Description

An issue was discovered in Django v5.1.1, v5.0.9, and v4.2.16. The django.contrib.auth.forms.PasswordResetForm class, when used in a view implementing password reset flows, allows remote attackers to enumerate user e-mail addresses by sending password reset requests and observing the outcome (only when e-mail sending is consistently failing).

References (3)

[Vendor Advisory] https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/releases/security/

[Permissions Required] https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21forum/django-announce

[Vendor Advisory] https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2024/sep/03/security-releases/

Scores

CVSS v3 5.3

EPSS 0.0024

EPSS Percentile 46.0%

Attack Vector NETWORK

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Classification

CWE

CWE-203

Status published

Affected Products (3)

djangoproject/django < 4.2.16

djangoproject/django

pypi/Django < 5.1.1PyPI

Timeline

Published Oct 08, 2024

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026