Critical severity · published Jul 2, 2021
CVE-2021-35042
Django 3.1.x before 3.1.13 and 3.2.x before 3.2.5 allows QuerySet.order_by SQL injection if order_by is untrusted input from a client of a web application
9.8
CVSS
44.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Django 3.1.x before 3.1.13 and 3.2.x before 3.2.5 allows QuerySet.order_by SQL injection if order_by is untrusted input from a client of a web application.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)44.4% · higher than 99% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DJ
Django · Djangoproject
3.1 before 3.1.13; 3.2 before 3.2.5 · source: NVD
FE
Fedora · Fedoraproject
34 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-35042
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-35042
Patch
https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/3.2/releases/security/
groups.google.com
https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21forum/django-announce
lists.fedoraproject.org
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/SS6NJTBYWOX6J7G4U3LUOILARJKWPQ5Y/
Third Party Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210805-0008/
Patch
https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2021/jul/01/security-releases/
Mailing List
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/07/02/2
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