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Observable Timing Discrepancy in Django

CVE-2025-13473

  • Django
Severity Medium
Score 5.3/10

Summary

An issue was discovered in versions prior to 4.2.28, 5.x prior to 5.2.11, and 6.x prior to 6.0.2. The `django.contrib.auth.handlers.modwsgi.check_password()` function for authentication via `mod_wsgi` allows remote attackers to enumerate users via a timing attack. Django would like to thank Stackered for reporting this issue.

  • HIGH
  • NETWORK
  • NONE
  • UNCHANGED
  • NONE
  • LOW
  • HIGH
  • NONE

CWE-208 - Observable Timing Discrepancy

Two separate operations in a product require different amounts of time to complete, in a way that is observable to an actor and reveals security-relevant information about the state of the product, such as whether a particular operation was successful or not.

Advisory Timeline

  • Published