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Vulnerability from bitnami_vulndb

Published

2026-02-05 08:38

Modified

2026-02-05 09:10

Summary

Username enumeration through timing difference in mod_wsgi authentication handler

Details

An issue was discovered in 6.0 before 6.0.2, 5.2 before 5.2.11, and 4.2 before 4.2.28. The django.contrib.auth.handlers.modwsgi.check_password() function for authentication via mod_wsgi allows remote attackers to enumerate users via a timing attack. Earlier, unsupported Django series (such as 5.0.x, 4.1.x, and 3.2.x) were not evaluated and may also be affected. Django would like to thank Stackered for reporting this issue.

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      },
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              "introduced": "4.2.0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "4.2.28"
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              "introduced": "5.2.0"
            },
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              "fixed": "5.2.11"
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    "severity": "Medium"
  },
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  "id": "BIT-django-2025-13473",
  "modified": "2026-02-05T09:10:30.960Z",
  "published": "2026-02-05T08:38:16.508Z",
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    },
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      "url": "https://groups.google.com/g/django-announce"
    },
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      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-13473"
    },
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      "type": "WEB",
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    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.6.2",
  "summary": "Username enumeration through timing difference in mod_wsgi authentication handler"
}

CVE-2025-13473 (GCVE-0-2025-13473)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-02-03 14:32 – Updated: 2026-02-03 16:19

Title

Username enumeration through timing difference in mod_wsgi authentication handler

Summary

An issue was discovered in 6.0 before 6.0.2, 5.2 before 5.2.11, and 4.2 before 4.2.28. The `django.contrib.auth.handlers.modwsgi.check_password()` function for authentication via `mod_wsgi` allows remote attackers to enumerate users via a timing attack. Earlier, unsupported Django series (such as 5.0.x, 4.1.x, and 3.2.x) were not evaluated and may also be affected. Django would like to thank Stackered for reporting this issue.

Severity ?

No CVSS data available.

CWE

CWE-208 - Observable Timing Discrepancy

Assigner

DSF

References

URL

Tags

	https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/releases/se…	vendor-advisory
	https://groups.google.com/g/django-announce	mailing-list
	https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2026/feb/03/…	vendor-advisory

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	djangoproject	Django	Affected: 6.0 , < 6.0.2 (semver) Unaffected: 6.0.2 (semver) Affected: 5.2 , < 5.2.11 (semver) Unaffected: 5.2.11 (semver) Affected: 4.2 , < 4.2.28 (semver) Unaffected: 4.2.28 (semver)

Credits

Stackered Jake Howard Jacob Walls

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Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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Vulnerability from bitnami_vulndb

CVE-2025-13473 (GCVE-0-2025-13473)

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