Open Redirect in Djangoproject (CVE-2017-7234)
Summary
Vulnerability in Djangoproject (CVE-2017-7234). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
Original description
The description as published by the source.
A maliciously crafted URL to a Django (1.10 before 1.10.7, 1.9 before 1.9.13, and 1.8 before 1.8.18) site using the django.views.static.serve() view could redirect to any other domain, aka an open redirect vulnerability.
Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database NVD GitHub Advisory
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2017-7234 has been found in Djangoproject.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. CVSS score: 6.1/10.
What to do: apply the vendor's official patched release.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "Djangoproject CVE-2017-7234" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2017-7234 (Djangoproject) — CWE-601 / CVSS v3 6.1
Attack vector: remote (network-reachable) / unauthenticated
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.
A vulnerability (CWE-601) exists in Djangoproject.
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of Djangoproject.
Severity: Medium (CVSS 6.1/10). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
Update to the patched release per vendor advisory.
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Run grep -r 'Djangoproject' . against your dependency files (package-lock.json, requirements.txt, go.sum) to find affected services.
Response actions
Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order
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1Identify exposure identify
grep -r 'Djangoproject' . | grep -v node_modulesリポジトリと本番環境の依存ファイル (package-lock.json / requirements.txt / go.sum / Gemfile.lock 等) で
Djangoprojectを grep し、稼働しているサービス・バージョンを把握する。 -
2Post-deployment verification verify
Confirm patched version is live in productionパッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番ではアクセスログ・WAF でアラート再発が無いか継続監視。
Fix status by distribution
Fixed packages published by each distribution for this CVE
- Alpine Linux ALPINE-CVE-2017-7234 py-django Fixed in: 1.10.7-r0
- Debian DEBIAN-CVE-2017-7234 python-django Fixed in: 1:1.10.7-1
References
- advisory debian.org
- advisory securityfocus.com
- advisory djangoproject.com
- web securitytracker.com