CVE-2018-6188
HIGH severity · CVSS 7.5 · Information disclosure
7.5CVSS HIGH
Summary
django.contrib.auth.forms.AuthenticationForm in Django 2.0 before 2.0.2, and 1.11.8 and 1.11.9, allows remote attackers to obtain potentially sensitive information by leveraging data exposure from the confirm_login_allowed() method, as demonstrated by discovering whether a user account is inactive.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorNetwork
Attack complexityLow
Privileges requiredNone
User interactionNone
Confidentiality impactHigh
Integrity impactNone
Availability impactNone
Exploit probability (EPSS)5%
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix promptly. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Official patch: https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2018/feb/01/security-releases/ ↗